Stories from Friday, June 3, 2016

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News A partnership between the city and Western Elmore County Recreation District could lead to the construction of a large-scale skate complex in Mountain Home. During a meeting May 23, the city council met with recreation district director Art Nelson to discuss the possibility of both entities working together to build the skateboard facility at Legacy Park...

A group of people visited the Mountain Home area in recent days. They took notes, shot pictures and overheard what people in this town had to say. If these individuals did their job right, no one in this town even knew why they were here or what they were doing. But that was on purpose since their job was to see the city the same way other visitors view it every single day...

Mountain Home's American Legion baseball clubs will travel this season in a new set of wheels as representatives from Post 26 presented them with the keys to a 14-passenger van. Senior officers with the local Legion post made the donation to the president and coaches of the two American Legion baseball teams in Mountain Home during an informal gathering May 23...

Standing water fills the foyer of the former Paul's Market after a fire suppression system line ruptured inside the store on Friday. Water spread through the front end of the store into the former deli and meat department before local fire fighters could shut off the water...

Perry Lee Savage Jr., age 46, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at a Boise hospital. A Celebration of Perry's Life will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2016, at Carl Miller Park in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.