Stories from Thursday, September 10, 2015

Repairs to the roof at Hacker Middle School are now expected to begin in early October after the Mountain Home School Board awarded a contract for the project. In a special meeting Sept. 2, the board approved nearly $600,000 to J.B.'s Roofing Inc. after the company submitted the second lowest bid for the project...

With this year's Air Force Appreciation Day parade on Saturday, city police officials outlined some safety tips to keep parade goers safe. Each float in a parade must have safety as its top priority, "due to some instances in the past involving children and floats during the parade," said Police Cpl. Stan Winings, community affairs officer with the city police department...

Citing public safety concerns, officials with the Boise National Forest issued an order last week that temporarily closed the Elk Creek Boat Ramp and Forest Service Road 120A on the west side of Anderson Ranch Reservoir. The order prohibits all public entry to the area, including pedestrians, street vehicles, bicycles as well as off-road vehicles, through Oct. 19...