Stories from Thursday, October 29, 2015

Mountain Home's gifted and talented program students are once again taking a classroom assignment to a whole new level. Two years ago, they built a full-sized blue whale out of adhesive tape and large sheets of plastic film. Last year, they built an actual house -- a tiny version built for maybe two people...

Mountain Home police will be out in force Saturday evening helping keep Halloween safe as goblins, ghosts and ghouls travel throughout the city in hopes of collecting the most candy. Police officials said there have been few problems in recent years, as more and more people have opted for Halloween parties, such as the city's Super Safe Halloween at Hacker Middle School, rather than the old-fashioned tradition of going door to door trick-or-treating...

Several teams continued their winning ways while a few others struggled on the field as Mountain Home Optimist Football's fall season finished its seven week on Oct. 17. Inventive Products of Mountain Home trailed the Badgers in a 12-18 loss as the 12 year olds competed in the senior division...

A former Glenns Ferry High School baseball all-star who went on to play in the professional ranks will take over as the head coach of Mountain Home High School's varsity baseball team. Zach Simons, who played with the Glenns Ferry Pilots before he graduated in 2003, takes over for Matt Bundy, who led the team for one season...

A bad switch at the Mountain Home substation triggered a wide-spread power outage that affected approximately 5,100 homes and businesses on Oct. 28. The outage began around 3:30 p.m. and affected more than 1,300 Idaho Power customers and continued to grow roughly 30 minutes later, according to Stephanie McCurdy, a spokesperson for the utility company...

Jerry Frank Kinney passed away on Monday, Oct. 18, 2015. He will be laid to rest in June 2016 in Riggins, Idaho. Jerry was born Feb. 4, 1937, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Frank S. Kinney and Isabell (Hoskins) Kinney. He grew up in McCammon, Idaho, where he went to North Marsh (later Marsh Valley) High School in Arimo, Idaho...