Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The Mountain Home community came together for a day of good-natured fun and entertainment on Saturday as they celebrated a community tradition. The 19th Annual Fall Harvest Festival marked the unofficial end of southern Idaho's yearly farming season...

Plans to expand St. Luke's Elmore medical center in Mountain Home remain on track as work continued this week to open a nearly 9,500 square foot modular clinic on the hospital campus. Located in a vacant field west of the local hospital between the parks and recreation building and St. Luke's Clinic Trinity Mountain, the new clinic building will house visiting specialists and the occupational health services department...

Jobs and rebuilding the local economy highlighted the list of topics aired during a political forum Monday evening. Five candidates running to become the next mayor of Mountain Home and three others running for two seats on the city council shared their views on a myriad of topics presented by local residents during the evening...

Peter and Teresa Gutowski of Boise have announced the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Cristina Gutowski of Boise, to Steven Michael Oswald of Mountain Home. The bride-to-be graduated from Timberline High School in 2008 and went on to graduate from the College of Idaho in 2012. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in business administration at Boise State University...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Car and bike aficionados met in a parking area just off Airbase Road on Sunday during an inaugural Rock and Roll Car and Bike Show. With DJ Bobby Ray Eckley playing classic rock, a food shack serving hot food and cold drinks, the crowd mingled with the owners of the vehicles...

A few weeks ago, an individual submitted a letter to the editor wanting to dissolve the Rec District. She is entitled to her opinion; however, her figures were grossly misleading. In the letter, she stated that the WECRD has paid the YMCA $330,000 over a period of four years. ...