Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Elmore County officials announced that property notices for real property, mobile home and personal property taxes were mailed recently with the first installments due on Tuesday. People can make their payments until 5 p.m. that day to avoid paying late charges and interest. Those making payments by mail need to ensure they have a postmark of Dec. 20...

People in the Mountain Home area have an opportunity to help others in the community by joining this year's Giving Tree program. Tags identifying a child needing help are now available at selected businesses. Those buying gifts for these children have until Dec. ...

Dear editor, First off, I would like to say I'm not the wealthiest person, and someone had the nerve to come onto my property in the early morning of Dec. 6 and steal the only Christmas lights we have. You should be ashamed of yourself. You didn't just hurt me. You hurt every single one of my children. What a way to start off the Christmas holidays...

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued another warning last week urging business owners to remain on the lookout for e-mails sent by scammers posing as representatives from the state agency. The e-mails indicate they were sent by "The Office of The State Attorney General" and are generically addressed to "business owner," Wasden said in a press release...

The beards are gone but the symbolic Christmas cheer they help provide lived on in the memories of children in the Glenns Ferry area during a yearly benefit organized by the county sheriff's department. Deputies with the county department raised more than $600 during its "no-shave November" fundraiser, which provided funds to support this year's Breakfast with Santa program held Saturday at the Three Island Senior Center in Glenns Ferry...

Mountain Home High School's wrestling team had three undefeated athletes with the team finishing second overall during its debut at the Bucks Bags Tournament, held Dec. 2 and 3 at Capitol High School. Facing teams representing a number of 5A schools in the Treasure Valley, the Tigers started the tournament by winning the opening bracket to move into the gold bracket round...

Thomas and Barbara Sheffield of Mountain Home will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 15. The couple married during a ceremony Dec. 15th, 1966, in Winnemucca, Nev. Thomas and Barbara both attended Mountain Home High School and raised their family here. Thomas was a police officer and truck driver, and Barbara served as a contracting officer at the Mountain Home Air Force Base...

The Mountain Home AAU 6th Grade Boys' Team finished their season with an undefeated 13-0 record and crowned AAU 6th Grade West Division and tournament champions for 2016. This amazing team finished the regular season 10-0 and the #1 seed at the season ending West Division Tournament...

Mountain Home police are requesting the public's help for additional information involving a series of thefts and vandalism cases involving Christmas decorations across town in addition to a break-in at Airman Pawn in late November. Police launched an investigation earlier this week after residents reported that at least one individual had trespassed on their property and slashed inflatable lawn ornaments, tore down other outdoor lights in addition to stealing projection lights...