Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2016

Elmore County's population fell while larger counties saw a steady increase in the number of residents moving to these areas, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The steady shift of Idaho's population from smaller to larger counties continued over a 12-month period between July 2014 and July 2015...

Idaho Fish and Game officials predicted a banner hunting season for 2015, and hunters delivered with the highest all-time whitetail harvest and increased deer and elk harvests compared to the year prior. Hunters took an estimated 30,568 whitetails in 2015, topping the 1996 record of 29,800...

Students and faculty at West Elementary School watch as Kelly Goldsberry shaves the beard off Jim Main after the second grade teacher lost a dare on Friday that helped collect food for the less fortunate in the Mountain Home area. For three weeks, students and teachers dropped off boxes and cans of non-perishable food at the school during a "Save the Beard" food drive. Main agreed to have his whiskers shaved clean after the drive brought in 500 items, including 434 cans of food...

Memorial services for Ronald "Ron" J. Bates will be held April 9, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Glenns Ferry LDS Church, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Ron was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on May 29, 1942, the eldest child of Ruby and J. Jones Bates. He was a long-time resident in Hamer and Terreton, Idaho...