Stories from Friday, April 2, 2010

Several public Easter egg hunts are being offered in the area, in addition to private hunts held by individuals and churches. The largest effort is the Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt, which will be held at Carl Miller Park on Sunday, April 4, beginning at 2 p.m., organized by Sabre Lodge #7, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliate...

Following its passage of other alternative energy generators in Elmore County in recent months, the county's planning and zoning commission has approved a conditional use permit to build a 20 megawatt solar energy farm off the Grand View Highway southwest of Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up three wins last week while also suffering their first two losses of the season. Mountain Home 10, Nampa 6 Mountain Home jumped out to a 9-1 lead over Nampa last Tuesday and hung on for a 10-6 conference softball victory at West Park in Nampa...

I'm appalled at what the Idaho legislature did -- or rather, failed to do -- this session. Specifically, I'm concerned about what happened with educational funding. The largest of the various state budgets, education took a 7.5 percent cut, leaving many school districts high and dry. Some districts, which had plenty of pork in their budget, are going to survive that hit...

Geraldine "Gerry" Frachiseur, 66, passed away in the early hours of March 30, 2010, at Elmore Medical Center. Gerry was born on Nov. 8, 1943, the only daughter of Paul and Ella Beach of Buhl. She met her beloved husband, E.R. Frachiseur, in Buhl. They were married in 1972 and moved to Mountain Home in 1975...