Stories from Thursday, September 17, 2009

Hoping to conserve sagebrush and restore natural vegetation to the Saylor Creek Training Range, the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron will be conducting an aerial application of PlateauŽ herbicide to reduce cheatgrass, which provides fine fuels for wildland fires...

Yancy Mailes, the 366th Fighter Wing historian, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Library general meeting on Sept. 17. The meeting, to be held in the rear meeting room, will begin at 7 p.m. Friends of the Library is a non-profit volunteer group that works to assist the library by raising funds for special projects, a need that has become particularly critical in times of tight budgets...

Kelly E. Smith, 32, of Mountain Home, died on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, in Pocatello, due to an industrial accident. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 4-6 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 24, with a viewing from 10-10:45 a.m., followed by funeral services at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mountain Home, Idaho Stake Center. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Thursday: Steelers 13, Titans 10 (OT) Titans: Kerry Collins 22-35, 244 yds, 1 td, Chris Johnson 15 car, 57 yds, 0 tds Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger 33-43, 363 yds, 1 td, Santonio Holmes 9 rec, 131 yds, 1 td Sunday Falcons 19, Dolphins 7...

Gayla Sanford, 79, of King Hill, died early Thursday afternoon in an automobile accident at milepost 118 on I-84, known locally as the "China Wall" stretch of the interstate.