Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2010

State Sen. Tim Corder has announced that he will seek re-election to the Idaho State Senate for Legislative District 22. The legislative district comprises all of Elmore and Boise counties. "I am proud and honored to serve the people of Elmore and Boise Counties. I am particularly proud to serve in a district where so many fellow veterans reside and to represent the servicemen and women at Mountain Home Air Force Base."...

A local restaurant helped raise more than $450 last week to benefit a Mountain Home teenager during a fundraiser March 8. The Pizza Hut on Airbase Road held the event in honor of Leonard Partinda, a Mountain Home High School teenager wounded in an accidental shooting last month...

March 10 • 01:35 Tow Sticker, Hwy 30• 02:13 Medical, Glenns Ferry• 02:46 Fire, Other, I-84 WB MM142• 09:04 Assist, MH• 09:47 Vehicle Stop, MH• 10:00 Assist, MH• 10:15 Break-In, MH• 10:56 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM96• 11:00 Vehicle Stop, MH• 11:19 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20• 11:40 Traffic, I-84 EB MM91• 11:42 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM116• 12:14 Lost Property, MH• 12:21 K9, I-84 EB MM91• 13:31 VIN Inspection, MH• 15:05 Animal, Glenns Ferry• 15:17 Lost Property, MH• 15:48 Animal• 15:52 Traffic, I-84 WB MM103• 16:11 Hazard, I-84 EB MM76• 16:36 Collision Property Damage• 17:16 Hazard, I-84 WB MM97• 18:04 Eluding, MH• 18:28 Animal• 19:00 Motorist Assist, Hwy 30• 21:50 Vehicle Stop, MH• 23:06 Assist, Hwy 20. ...

The local chapter of the Mothers of the Military (MOMs) will meet at the Mountain Home Public Library meeting room on Saturday, March 20, from 1-3 p.m. Carolyn Landry, one of the members of the group, will give a brief presentation on groups and resources that support deployed service members. The group also will discuss packaging and mailing of "care" packages and items most wanted or needed...

It took less than two minutes for a few flames to erupt into a nearly out-of-control inferno. Sitting across what was once a living room, four rookie fire fighters watched the fire rapidly engulf the kitchen cabinets before spreading across the ceiling. Blinding clouds of thick, lethal, gray smoke engulfed the room and seeped outside before firefighters doused the blaze...