Stories from Wednesday, May 14, 2014

A yearly community event on Saturday helped raise awareness on dealing with natural disasters and unexpected emergencies. Held at the Latter-day Saints Stake Center in Mountain Home, the community emergency preparedness fair provided answer to people's questions on preparing for various disasters, coping with extended power or water outages and other contingencies...

Sydney Oppenhein reacts while Logan Potter shaves her head during a student gathering at Mountain Home High School on Monday. Oppenhein agreed to have her hair shorn if she raised more than $100 for this year's Relay for Life cancer awareness event...

Voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to cast ballots in either Democratic or Republican races in the May 20 Idaho Primary Election. In addition, voters in the Glenns Ferry School District will decide the fate of a $500,000 per year supplemental levy and voters in the Bruneau-Grand View School District will be given a second chance to approve a $600,000 per year supplemental levy. ...

Dear editor: On Friday evening, May 9, my husband and I were dining at a local restaurant. Across the aisle from us was a giggling, young family. As the family was leaving, the father politely wished me Happy Mother's Day and in celebration had paid for my dinner...