Stories from Wednesday, April 4, 2012

As Mountain Home and surrounding communities prepare to celebrate the Easter holiday, the Mountain Home News has included a listing of churches and places of worship in the local communities with details on some of the services associated with the holy week...

Strong winds triggered a wide-spread power outage that affected a large section of Mountain Home on Saturday evening. The wind broke several pieces of equipment on a power pole around 7:20 p.m., disrupting electrical service to nearly 2,260 customers, according to Stephanie McCurdy, a spokesperson for Idaho Power...

Mountain Home's annual community Easter egg hunt will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at Carl Miller Park. For more information, call James J. Rentie Jr. at 590-0330 or 587-8537. Meanwhile, the Grand View Lions Club sponsors its Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Grand View City Park. Featuring candy filled Easter eggs, the hunt is geared for toddlers and those up to five years old...

Two Mountain Home men were credited with saving a woman from her burning home early Sunday morning. Catherine Ferguson remains in critical condition at a Salt Lake Center burn center for injuries she sustained when the family's home on North 14th East Street caught fire...

Mountain Home Air Force Base and the City of Mountain Home paused to honor the memory of a Gunfighter who died March 28. Capt. Francis "Piston" Imlay, 31, died from injuries he sustained after his aircraft crashed about 15 miles from a U.S. base in southwest Asia...

In the weeks leading up to the May 15 primary election, the Mountain Home News will spotlight those running for local, state and federal office. Information on each candidate is based on questionnaires submitted by the newspaper staff from each individual...

After everything that's happened over the past several days, the staff of the Mountain Home News wanted to take some time to personally honor some very courageous individuals in this community. The first were Brandon Hines and Ray Chiarella. Without regard for their own safety, they selflessly put their lives on the line to save the life of another...

"In a nation that values due process, not to mention private property, such treatment is unthinkable," wrote U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to describe the situation Mike and Chantell Sackett faced. On March 21, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Sacketts would be permitted to challenge an U.S. ...

Fred and Heidi Miller celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Saturday at the Pine Senior Center. They married April 4, 1987, at the Mountain Home First Congregational Church. Together, they raised two sons, Chris, 23, and Adam, 19. Both are Mountain Home natives and still live here...

Scott and Tera Baldridge of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sara E. Baldridge, to David A. Ramos, the son of Pablo and Virginia Ramos of Newton, N.J. The couple will marry Wednesday, April 11, 2012, in the Latter-day Saints temple in Logan, Utah...

March 28 • 00:02 Fight, Glenns Ferry• 05:59 Vehicle Stop, Bypass• 06:40 Suspicious, Glenns Ferry• 07:01 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM77• 07:13 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM87• 07:46 Follow-Up, W Desert Duck• 08:11 Animal, W Tilli Rd• 08:55 Hazard, I-84 EB MM120• 09:02 Hazard, I-84 EB MM120• 09:02 Hazard, I-84 EB MM120• 09:57 Animal, Hwy 51• 11:12 Assist, MH• 11:17 Vehicle Stop, I-84 Exit 95• 12:46 Residence Fire, I-84 Exit 114• 12:51 Hazard, I-84 WB MM125• 13:32 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM99• 13:57 Vehicle Stop, Oregon Trail• 14:06 Road Closure, Hill City• 15:02 Animal, W Tilli Rd• 16:57 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30, Hammett• 17:17 Animal, Hwy 51• 17:31 Civil Matter, NW Ash• 17:33 Animal, Tilli Rd• 18:11 Motorist Assist, I-84 Exit 99• 19:42 Vehicle Stop, Ditto Crk• 19:55 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM85• 19:59 Vehicle Stop, N18/E8. ...

March 16, 1934 ~ March 13, 2012 Marjorie Jean (Schlechter) Dykes of Vancouver, Wash., passes away peacefully after a long struggle with the tragic disease of Alzheimer's. She was born in Mountain Home to Robert and Ethel Lois Schlechter, the third of five children...