Stories from Wednesday, February 27, 2002

The Mountain Home School Board has decided to temporarily close one of the schools on base next year, and to bus approximately 90 seventh-grade students there to Hacker Middle School. But which school will be closed has been left up to school administrator Jerrie LeFevre to select. The two possibilities are Stephensen Middle School and Liberty Elementary...

Sher Sellman, Republican Idaho State Representative and long-time Elmore County resident, has announced her candidacy for the state senate seat currently held by Sen. Robbi King-Barrutia. King-Barrutia, also a Republican, has not made a final decision on her immediate political future but has has not ruled out seeking re-election. She was recently arrested during the opening weeks of the legislative session for her second DUI and is currently obtaining treatment for alcoholism...