Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The Elmore County Fair ended on Saturday after a week of old fashioned fair activities, 4-H and Optimist competitions and the popular agricultural arts and crafts competition held in the exhibition hall. This year's fair activities were dominated by 4-H and Optimist activities ranging from the showing of horses, beef and swine to alpacas and chinchillas...

Following a year of steady growth in 2014, Mountain Home's economic outlook continues to show signs of additional progress over the past six months, according to information released by the city's economic development office. Since January, the city has seen additional interest from companies looking at Mountain Home for room to expand, one of which led to a recent site visit, said Paula Riggs, who heads the city department...

For the first time in eight years, Mountain Home is expecting to see a new mayor take office with possible challenges facing city council members here and in Glenns Ferry during a series of elections scheduled for November. Mayor Tom Rist, who took office in 2008, announced his intentions of stepping down from public office at the end of his term but added that he could seek reelection if circumstances merit...

Dear editor, George S. Patton was a General feared by those around him, but even more by the NAZI's. Blunt, confident and more than capable, he and his 3rd Army liberated half of Europe and helped smash Hitler. If you liked him, fine. If not, that was ok too. He was there to do a job and he did it better than anyone we have today...

Ronny and Rachuel Young of Mountain Home have announced the birth of their daughter, Addilynn Faye Young, on July 9, 2015. Born at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise, Addilynn weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, at birth and measured 20 inches in length...