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New search and rescue boss tapped
(Features ~ 02/25/10)
For most of his life, southern Idaho seemed to call Steven Raber to the great outdoors. A soft-spoken giant of a man, he recalled the many days he spent trekking through the mountains east of Mountain Home as a child and countless hours he devoted to fishing and camping... -
Keep up the good work
(Column ~ 02/25/10)
The citizens of Mountain Home should be congratulated for their show of support for the proposed F-35 mission at Mountain Home AFB. Approximately 1.5 percent of the city's population turned out for the scoping hearing last Friday at Hacker Middle School...
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Students urge help with aluminum drive
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/25/10)
Dear editor: This is Hacker Middle School students writing, and we would like to inform the community that we are collecting aluminum for the Ronald McDonald House. We are starting the collection on March 1st and ending on April 30th. United Metals LLC (Shorty's Salvage) will be matching pound for pound. Our goal is 500 pounds...
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Record crowds attend F-35 scoping meeting
(Local News ~ 02/25/10)
Record crowds packed into the Hacker Middle School gymnasium for a first-hand look at the Air Force's next generation fighter program during a public open house Friday evening. The meeting concluded a series of 20 similar public forums held in communities in Utah, Vermont, South Carolina and Florida under consideration to receive the Air Force's joint strike fighter program... -
Zampogna family files $6 million claim against Adams County
(Local News ~ 02/25/10)
The family of a Mountain Home Air Force Base airman who was killed in an auto accident near New Meadows in 2009 is seeking more than $6 million in damages from Adams County. The family of Capt. Mark Zampogna claims the Adams County Sheriff's Office was at fault for allowing Deputy Leroy Matthews to drive while fatigued on the day of the accident...
