Stories from Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Michael W. "Cornbread" Sneed, 53, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Elmore County began burning down Sunday, with a dozen fires ringing the city of Mountain Home on the east, west and south. By Tuesday, firefighters were slowly beginning to get a handle on the fires that had exploded across the region, burning rapidly in the dry grasses across the desert, although increased levels of humidity and decreased winds help moderate the fire behavior...