Stories from Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Charles R. "Charlie" Mellen, 69, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, passed away on July 15, 2013, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Aircrews from Mountain Home Air Force Base are due to resume flight training Wednesday after service-wide budget cuts grounded the base's jets for nearly three months. The base was one of many installations across the Air Force that resumed regular flying operations this week after sequestration grounded most of this training in April...