For nearly a decade Idaho has been in the throes of drought conditions plaguing local farmers and residents with water woes every summer. Last summer, many communities including Kuna were forced to shut-off irrigation earlier than usual in response to low water levels. Despite last summer's water troubles, current snow levels look promising, with the snow pack in southeast and southwest Idaho ranging from 80 to 90 percent of normal. In central and northern Idaho many basins are above normal including the Salmon, Payette and Weiser basins. ...

Gerald LeRoy Eggleston a.k.a. Jerry passed away at home after a battle against cancer on March 27, 2009, at the age of 64. Jerry was a resident of Caldwell.

"Your city bill is going up again" reads the headline on the Kuna Melba News. The article chronicles the mayor and city council increasing fees to cover shortfalls in collections. In the world outside of city hall, incomes are shrinking, budgets are tightening and people are straining with some rather dramatic family fiscal problems. For the boys inside the answer is obvious: raise taxes.

Dear Mom, I have a pet peeve and it has been driving me crazy lately - it seems that all men and boys (except my husband and father) NEVER put the toilet seats down after they pee anymore. I go to my friends' homes, and my sisters' and mom's homes and none of their men put the seat down, which amazes me because when I was young, my mom and sisters all lived up in the same house with a father and brothers who ALWAYS put it down. It always seemed to ...