Stories from Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Nearly 150 years after his death, members of the Mountain Home community gathered to honor the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln and the lives of those he touched during an event Friday evening. Held in conjunction with the 23rd Annual Black History Banquet, the event recalled what was once deemed "the saddest day" in U.S. history -- a reference to the assassination of the nation's 16th president on April 15, 1865...

A man sought by the Elmore County Sheriff's Department on charges of vehicle theft and eluding deputies remains in a Washington hospital following a second high-speed chase and crash. According to initial reports, a 1990 Honda Civic driven by Vernon R. Johnson, 31, collided with another vehicle after running a stop sign in Walla Walla, Wash., on Sunday...

Following the state supreme court's decision to allow for closed primaries, the Elmore County Republicans will conduct their first-ever presidential caucus on Super Tuesday, March 6. People in the local area may cast their ballots at Mountain Home Junior High School, the Glenns Ferry theater and the Atlanta bar...

A contested housing development that drew public opposition over a nearly three-year period moved forward last week following a recommendation to approve its final plat. During a meeting Feb. 15, members of the county planning and zoning commission unanimously approved the land survey submitted by developers backing the proposed Clear Springs Ranch Subdivision...

The photo on the front page of the newspaper had pretty much summed up what had happened. A group of high school graduates decided to celebrate their "big day" by hanging out with their friends at a home on a rural roadway. Like others that have taken similar chances over the years, they went to a party where alcohol was the drink of choice, knowing full well that it wasn't legal -- or smart. ...

Dear editor, America is in transition. Relentless incremental steps over two generations have laid the foundation for the final leap to a failed European model of socialist governance. Which GOP presidential candidate is best equipped to communicate our peril, rally the resistance and ignite a spirit of unapologetic nationalism aimed at putting us back on course toward tradition? That is for you to decide on March 6th...