Stories from Thursday, June 24, 2010

Anderson Ranch Dam faces a three-month construction project starting next April to address "security vulnerabilities" at the mountain reservoir. The $705,000 project for the water storage reservoir near Pine follows a threat assessment that identified similar security and public safety risks at other bureau facilities following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...

A project on approximately 20 miles of Idaho 51, from the Nevada State Line to Sheep Creek Road in Owyhee County, is expected to begin soon and take about a month to complete. The work is about 70 miles south of Mountain Home. On the two-lane road, the first 11.4-mile stretch will receive a thin overlay of asphalt (about 1.8 inches), and the entire 20-mile area will be seal coated...

The El-Wyhee Business Association will hold its annual Fourth of July "Flash and Shine Show" in Carl Miller Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entertainment and activities will be held in the park throughout the day, including the Little Miss El-Whyee Beauty Pageant, an art show, a bounce house and food and drinks...

Some traveled hundreds of miles to reach Mountain Home. For others, it was a short drive down the street. Regardless of the distance, they all came home for one purpose. For a few brief days last week, they celebrated their friendship and cherished old memories as former students of Mountain Home High School...

Gov. Butch Otter will provide a team roping demonstration during the Saturday night events of this year's 5th Annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo, set for June 25-26. Sponsored by Mountain Home Auto Ranch and Dodge Rodeo, the event will be held at Optimist Park Arena in Mountain Home...

For the second straight week the Mountain Home Royals bounced back after dropping a tournament opening game and won four straight to win the title. The latest was the Rocky Mountain Fathers Day Tournament at Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian. Rocky Mountain 2, Mountain Home 1...

Dear editor: I read with interest the letter from Christopher Latta a couple of weeks ago about pornographic material sold at the flea market. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify that the flea market and farmer's market are totally separate. The flea market is in the park next to the underpass. We are located in the middle of Railroad Park...

On July 1st the Idaho State Police will begin using an electronic system to issue traffic citations. The system was purchased with a $900,000 Federal Recovery Act grant awarded to ISP last fall. The system, dubbed "E-Ticketing" will allow for quicker, more accurate citations which will be transmitted electronically to the courts' and ISP's computer data bases. ...