Stories from Wednesday, July 13, 2016

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Mountain Home helped kick off this year's Elmore County Fair as it hosted a kickoff parade and family fun day on Saturday. Nine different floats and a few hundred residents walked and rode along the parade route, which began at city hall and continued to Carl Miller Park...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Funding requests from local civic groups, a grant request for point-of-sale machines and concerns over the availability of future ground water were just some of the issues discussed during a city council meeting June 27...

The crime rate in Mountain Home and Elmore County fell in 2015 while the number of people arrested in connection with reported crimes increased over that 12-month period, according to a yearly report from the Idaho State Police. Released earlier this month, the report includes a synopsis of crime statistics gathered from 108 law enforcement agencies across the state and includes data from the Mountain Home Police Department and Elmore County Sheriff's Department...

Dear editor, This is our 26th anniversary of the Mountain Home Fire Department "Streetwalkers" collecting donations for the annual fireworks celebration in the greatest community in the state. On behalf of the group, I would like to thank each and every one of you, individuals and businesses alike, who donated so generously to the annual Fourth of July fireworks...

Dear editor, On June 23, I lost my home in a fire. It was hard to believe. One week later, friends like the Cooks, the Hansens and the Prairie community were planning benefit auction. It was held July 9. The turnout and support was awesome. I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to my family, neighbors, friends and everybody that attended the benefit -- too many names to mention...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Mountain Home Area Water District 161 held its first meeting June 28. Held at a local hotel, the meeting included about 80 residents and two Idaho Department of Water Resources officials. The purpose of the meeting was to elect a district watermaster, appoint seven advisory committee members and approve a host of proposed district resolutions...

Three structures burned Wednesday morning after a brush fire ignited in the residential area of the Tipanuk community on Wednesday with firefighters having the blaze mostly under control that afternoon. Fire crews with the Bureau of Land Management in Boise were the first to respond to the wildfire north of Sea Breeze Lane at about 11:41 a.m.