Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2016

A high-speed chase through Elmore and Owyhee counties led to the arrest of a Mountain Home man Tuesday afternoon. Kyle King, 21, remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, felony eluding, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, resisting arrest or obstructing law enforcement officers and felony possession of a controlled substance.

Storm Woodin, a Mountain Home man linked to an arson case at the Day Meadows Apartment complex back in October 2014, has pled guilty to a second set of amended charges. During a hearing April 20, Woodin entered pleas on a count of being an accessory to a felony with the same plea entered on two misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property...

A Mountain Home woman remains hospitalized at a Salt Lake City burn center following an accident south of Mountain Home on April 18. Shelly Miller-Dodge sustained serious burns as she was moving a field hand-line sprinkler which came into contact with an overhead power line at the family's farm near the intersection of Highway 51 and Beet Dump Road...

Artists, musicians, singers, writers, craftsmen and performers gathered at Mountain Home High School to recognize the outstanding achievements of selected students during a yearly ceremony April 19. Celebrating its 11th anniversary, the creative art awards show presented 19 awards to students representing the school's various clubs and fine arts programs in recognition of their ability to far exceed expectations in the fine arts...

A member of Mountain Home High School's golf team recorded a rare feat as the club faced opponents from two high schools during a conference meet in Nampa. Marcus Egusquiza dropped a hole in one on the 15th tee then eagled off a chip in on the 16th to led the Mountain Home varsity team with a 32 at the Red Hawk Golf Course on Thursday...

I cannot thank enough and stress enough the "peace of mind" value and worth of our Mountain Home Fire Department. I had a situation late Monday afternoon of a smell in the building that honestly made me think the staff had been cooking marshmallows in the microwave. It was a sweet smell that did not immediately flag me as an emergency...