Stories from Wednesday, April 2, 2014

If Congress were to approve the proposed FY15 defense budget, the bulk of the Idaho Air National Guard would be relocated to Mountain Home Air Force Base. Central to its plan to meet its share of the Department of Defense budget constraints imposed by Congress, the Air Force is proposing to eliminate an entire airframe -- the A-10 Thunderbolt II, known affectionately by its pilots and crews as the "Warthog."...

Twenty-five years ago, Bradley Bowen and Tiffany Yelton were married in Nampa, Idaho, on Feb. 18, 1989. They met while working together at the Kmart in Nampa during their senior years at separate high schools. They became engaged before Brad left for U.S. Air Force basic training in June of 1988 and were married the following year...

Dear editor: I would like to thank someone with a kind heart. I took my lady friend to lunch Friday, March 28, for her 89th birthday at AJ's. She loves to go to the salad bar. I do take her to the senior center Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week for lunch to get her out...

Dear editor: So, as a child, I grew up pretty much a jock, playing whatever sport was in season. You could always find me on a basketball or tennis court, or baseball field, whenever I wasn't pulling weeds or a myriad of other chores my dad had for me to accomplish to pay for my sports equipment...