Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2001

The Air Force is planning a major re-alignment of Mountain Home AFB that will result in the 366th Wing becoming essentially a pure fighter wing. The B-1s from the 34th Bomb Squadron and the KC-135Rs from the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron will be reassigned to other bases sometime in the next 12 to 18 months...

In the first regularly scheduled meeting since they learned taxpayer funds had been used to purchase weapons, the Board of Elmore County Commissioners turned the handguns over to Sheriff Rick Layher to be issued as needed. Commissioner Calvin Ireland made the motion that the three Glock handguns be stored in the sheriff's arms room for use as the sheriff sees fit. ...