Stories from Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Three Island Celebration (formerly Three Island Crossing) will take place this weekend in Glenns Ferry. Although the Snake River crossing re-enactment has been removed from the program, the Three Island Crossing Organization has worked hard to create "a wagon-load of fun for people of all ages," a spokesperson said...

The 50th anniversary of the annual Basque Picnic in Mountain Home will be held this Saturday adjacent to the old Bengeochea Hotel and the historic Basque pelota (outdoor raquetball) court. The drink and chorizo bar will open at noon. From 3-5 p.m. the traditional lamb dinner will be served. The cost is $15 for adults and $6 for children...

The popular American Girl Tea, a movie and an "Invention Convention" will highlight the activities wrapping up the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Library Traveling Exhibit at the Mountain Home Public Library over the next two weeks. The American Girl Tea will be held this Saturday, Aug. 14...

A dozen of the nation's next-generation fighters and more than a hundred maintenance specialists and rookie pilots arrived at Mountain Home Air Force Base earlier this month to start their next phase of air combat training. Assigned to the 43rd Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., the visiting F-22 Raptor pilots came here to focus on "dissimilar training" -- flying with and against different types of aircraft...

The Idaho High School Activities Association board voted last week to change the format for the state volleyball and softball tournaments from a double-elimination format to single elimination, with a consolation and third-place game like that used in state basketball tournaments...

Like many Americans, I've become increasingly disillusioned with the War in Afghanistan. If I thought the Afghan people actually wanted us there, actually wanted an open, honest democracy, a nation interested in entering the 21st century, I might feel otherwise...

August 4 • 00:25 Assist, MH• 00:39 Vehicle Stop, Canyon Crk/Bowman Ln• 06:01 Traffic, I-84 WB MM147• 07:31 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 67• 07:54 Suspicious Circumstance, Menagerie Wy• 09:12 Probable Subject, Quall Dr• 09:26 Animal, Daniels Rd• 10:37 Traffic, I-84 WB MM93• 10:44 Attempt to Locate, Featherville• 11:11 Motorist Assist, Desert Wind/Regina Rd• 12:31 Animal• 14:32 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM104• 14:45 Collision Property Damage, I-84 EB MM87.5• 15:02 Probable Subject, Bronco Gulch Campground• 17:19 Traffic, Airbase Rd/Hwy 167• 17:23 Damaged Property, Morris Wy• 19:00 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM114• 19:56 Assist, Baumgardner Campground• 20:16 Threats, Hamilton Rd• 20:20 Collision Personal Injury, Airbase Rd• 20:57 Animal, Buckey Dr• 22:23 Theft, S3W• 23:48 Trespassing, Hamilton Rd. ...