Stories from Friday, February 5, 2016

A Twin Falls man is due back in court Feb. 19 after he was arrested on drug trafficking charges following a crash on the interstate Jan. 19. Jeffrey P. Shell was also charged with a felony count of possessing a controlled substance along with two counts of using or possessing drug paraphernalia and a separate count of reckless driving...

Mountain Home's economic outlook showed signs of continued improvement over the past year, according to a report published this month by the city's economic development office. The past 12 months represented another "extremely busy year" for Mountain Home, said Paula Riggs, who heads the city department...

With two weeks remaining in their regular season, the Mountain Home Tigers wrestling team continued to dominate the mat as they faced the Middleton Vikings on Jan. 27. In varsity wrestling action that evening, the Tigers made short work of the Vikings, picking up a decisive 54-18 win...

William "Bill" E. Ballenger, age 59 of Mountain Home, passed away at his home on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. No local services will be held with services to be held in Ohio at a later date. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Connie (Day) Swindell, age 64, passed away, too soon, from heart failure on Jan. 28, 2016, at her home in Salt Lake City. Born in Cascade, Idaho, on Jan. 1, 1952, she was the daughter of Rex and Barbara (Knapton) Day. She attended Mountain Home High School, where she was a cheerleader, Homecoming Queen and always on the cutting edge of fashion...