Stories from Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Students from Mountain Home High School and Glenns Ferry High School will join others from across the state to participate in an effort hosted by the Idaho Department of Education. Kim Sanchez and Sky Gennette from Glenns Ferry are among those scheduled to travel to NASA's Ames Research Center in California this summer as part of the Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars program...

A public hearing regarding a large-scale subdivision project northwest of Mountain Home is scheduled to resume today, June 3. A conditional use permit submitted by developer Jim Carrie seeks to take five existing housing lots and divide each them to accommodate more than 50 additional homes...

Featuring free meals for children in the local area, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul started this year's "Picnic in the Park" program on Monday. The free meals, served from Monday to Friday, are open to those up to age 18 as part of the federally funded program...

Dear editor, Commencement for the Class of 2015 was held Friday, May 22nd, at Tiger Field. Mountain Home High School would like to thank the great community of Mountain Home for all their support this year. Not only did the local community award these students with over $107,000 in local scholarships, they also supported all of our various athletic and activity programs throughout the year. ...

4/13/1916 -- 5/22/2015 Debora Mae Hansen died peacefully at The Cottages Rest Home in Garden City, Idaho, on Friday, May 22, 2015, of natural causes. She was 99 years old. Debora was raised in Albion and Rupert, Idaho, as one of 12 children. In 1934, Debora married Lloyd M. Hansen, and they were married for 69 years before Lloyd's death in 2004...