Stories from Thursday, June 11, 2015

Plans to expand the St. Luke's Elmore Medical Center complex in Mountain Home gained an initial go-ahead after the city planning and zoning commission voted in favor of the project. The decision regarding the medical center's conditional use permit follows a public hearing held May 18 in which the commission heard from the public and received answers regarding the project from the planners...

Nearly two weeks after ground squirrels south of Boise tested positive for plague, the Central District Health Department office issued an advisory after tests showed that a dog possibly contracted the disease. A confirmatory test on the dog from a family in Ada County was in progress although Central District Health officials said it would take a week to receive the final results...

The Mountain Home Royals picked up their first American Legion baseball wins last week at the Vallivue Tournament, downing Caldwell twice. For the week, the Royals went 2-5. Canyon Ridge 6, Royals 5 Canyon Ridge 13, Royals 4 Mountain Home dropped a non-conference American Legion baseball doubleheader at Canyon Ridge in Twin Falls last Wednesday, losing the first game, 6-5, and the second game, 13-4...