Stories from Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Looking to draw new members to its ranks, the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce launched a program in recent weeks that makes it easier for individuals to join the local Military Affairs Committee. New memberships offered under the revised plan opens the organization to active duty military members at the base as well as those in the community that have retired from military service...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News About 35 residents eventually filed into the Western Elmore County Recreation District offices last Wednesday to provide feedback and ask the directors what their plans are for the district's future. Directors Judy Mayne and Art Nelson open the meeting with a two-person quorum and immediately approved three of the four past meeting minute reports...

Plans to build an alternative energy complex in the vicinity of Anderson Ranch Reservoir remain on hold as developers and county officials met last week to address five appeals involving the project. At issue are five conditional use permits submitted by Cat Creek Energy LLC to build a pumped storage hydroelectric facility that would be located in the vicinity of the existing Anderson Ranch Reservoir and Bureau of Reclamation impoundment area on the South Fork of the Boise River...

Dear editor, I have a message for the Western Elmore County Recreation District and Albertson's, How about turning the Paul's building into a rec center or roller rink or something for the community. It has good parking (even room for an outdoor basket ball hoop) and plenty of inside room that could be converted to something for our youth...

Dear editor, I have always wondered, always been curious, why the business and government organizations in our community haven't seen a recreation complex as a positive opportunity. Is it because they cannot make a decision as a group? I have never even heard public comments from them. Wouldn't a recreation complex be considered a positive asset for these organizations as a whole?...

Dear editor, Another political year and we are in the middle of the trenches fighting for our lives and the existence of our beloved country the U.S.A., which was established after much bloodshed by our ancestors. As you look at all the things that are being said or promised, your thoughts and choices can be simplified buy understanding the basics...

1962-2016 Dennis Howard Cockerham, 53, of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, passed away on February 7, 2016 after being flown to a SLC, UT hospital and undergoing care. Dennis was born October 10, 1962 in Concord, CA to Clyde and Joyce Cockerham; the youngest of four children. Soon after, the Cockerham family moved to Olympia, WA. They enjoyed their land with its orchards, animals, and streams. It was a special place for the kids to learn and explore. They later moved to Fairfield, Idaho.