Stories from Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mountain Home Junior High School's Act Out Theatre group presents its first performance of the year starting Friday evening. Curtain call for the musical production of "Tied to the Tracks" is at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the junior high school commons area...

With the presidential election still nine months away, voters across Elmore County will participate in a process that will determine which of the current candidates will represent the Republican Party in November. On Tuesday, voters across the county will participate in the state's Republican caucus and cast their vote on their party nominee...

Filing ends March 9 for those planning to run for public office during the upcoming May primary elections. Starting Monday, the county began accepting petitions for those interested in vying for two seats on the board of county commissioners, a precinct committee representative seat as well as the county sheriff and prosecutor positions...

Five students from Mountain Home High School's Talkin' Tigers will face the nation's top-ranked motivational speakers after the teens recently qualified to compete at the national finals. During the recent event, the high school's debate team went on to earn the Gem of the Mountain District Speech Sweepstakes Award, which goes to the top team in western and central Idaho...

While not everyone fully supported the final dollar amount, a group of individuals concerned about public education agreed that the Mountain Home School District needs to extend its current supplemental levy. Passed by voters two years ago, that $2.8 million request kept the district from making budget cuts that were nothing short of apocalyptic...

Dear editor, We'd like to clarify and correct some information in the article concerning the proposed housing development north of town, known as Clear Springs Ranch Subdivision, the developer being from out of state. We live on NW Beaman Street, and along with the people who have chosen to live in this rural, quiet area, are very concerned about the negative effects and the impact that 192 houses on 200 acres near us will have: the possible draw down of our private wells, and contamination from 192 septic tanks, a huge increase in traffic (up to 2,000 vehicles/day on NW Beaman), air and noise pollution, a convenience store nearby, inadequate roadways, and definitely not in harmony with the existing vicinity. ...

The parents of Kimberly Felty and Mike Viescas would like to announce their engagement. Felty is the daughter of James and Barbara Felty of Mountain Home. She's a graduate of the University of Phoenix and works for Cite Bank Inc. Viescas is the son of John and Suzanne Viescas of Paris, France, and Penny Viescas from Colorado Springs, Colo. He is a graduate from the College of Idaho and works for L1ONBRIDGE Inc...

February 23 • 00:52 Assist, S3W-A• 06:16 Vehicle Stop, Bypass Rd• 08:17 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30/W12S• 08:49 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30/Thacker• 10:00 Vehicle Stop, Ditto Crk/Faulkner• 10:15 Drug, Elmore County• 10:16 Internal, Elmore County• 10:31 Animal, Tilli Rd• 10:38 Info, Blacks Crk Rd• 11:36 Traffic, I-84 WB MM113• 11:55 Motorist Assist, Hwy 20 MM98• 12:09 Assist, Hwy 20 MM110• 12:16 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM120• 12:26 Vehicle Stop, Bypass• 12:54 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM98• 13:37 Vehicle Stop, Jackson/S4E• 14:06 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM107• 15:05 Warrant, MH• 16:14 Assist, Hwy 20 MM96.5• 16:29 Vehicle Stop, I-84 Exit 90• 16:29 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 67/Midnight Blue• 16:36 Vehicle Stop, Ditto Crk/Bypass• 16:43 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 67• 17:14 Vehicle Stop, S18/Constellation• 17:47 Vehicle Stop, S18/Old Hwy 30• 18:34 Vehicle Stop, Airbase Rd• 19:00 Vehicle Stop, Canyon Crk/McMurtrey• 19:35 Vehicle Stop, 12/Sunset Strip• 19:42 Vehicle Stop, Jackson/S10• 20:43 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM109• 20:52 Vehicle Stop, Groefsema Rd• 22:00 Vehicle Stop, NE Haskett. ...

An unseasonably warm winter, marked by periods of freezing temperatures and a mixture of rain and snow, continues to play havoc on the city's roadways. "We don't have a lot of winters in terms of snow, but we do have a lot of freeze-thaw cycles, and that's what causes the damage to pavements," said city public works director Wayne Shepherd. "There's not much we can do about that because Mother Nature dictates that."...