Stories from Thursday, April 20, 2017

Idaho's population continued a steady shift with more people moving from smaller to larger counties between July 2015 and July 2016, according to estimates released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau. Overall, Idaho’s population grew 1.8 percent to 1,683,140 people...

Idaho's water supply remains above average across the state with one basin seeing nearly double the amount of rain and snow for this time of year with others seeing their highest snowpack in two decades, according to a report released earlier this month by the Natural Resources Conservation Service...

Mountain Home High School's track and field team saw a number of its athletes set new personal records with a number of their season records also falling as the Tigers hosted teams from Ridgevue, Emmett and Vallivue on Thursday. Walker Harris was among the fastest runners for the Tigers, finishing second overall in the men's 800 meter and third in the men's 1,600 meter runs. Jaden Wright gave the Tigers two more second-place finishes in the men's 400-meter run and the pole vault...

Bishop Kelly unleashed a four-run lead in the opening inning and took advantage of six errors by Mountain Home as the Tigers trailed in a 4-14 loss to the Knights on Thursday. Down by six at the bottom of the third, the Tigers put away three runs to narrow the deficit to three...

With the game scoreless going into the fifth, the Lady Knights of Bishop Kelly unloaded with six runs and added three more in the sixth as they overpowered the Lady Tigers during a home game at East Side Park on Thursday. Ryan Floyd led Mountain Home with three hits, but the team was unable to convert those hits to runs...

A piece of history will roll through Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry over the next few days as a vintage steam engine crosses southern Idaho. Union Pacific's "Living Legend" Number 844 steam locomotive and tender will travel more than 1,600 miles during a round trip run to Boise to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the historic Boise Depot and attend other events in communities across Idaho and Utah...

Bobby J. Barker, 74, of Wendell, passed away at the Twin Falls Care Center in Twin Falls on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Services will be at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home, on Friday, April 21, 2017, with a viewing at 11:30 a.m. and funeral services at 1 p.m. Burial with military honors will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home...

Patricia Louise (Varitek) Conant Masten, 66, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at her home. On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, a viewing will be held from 4 p.m. until the 6 p.m. Rosary at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 North 18th East St., in Mountain Home...

The Camas County Sheriff's Office has released an alert for two missing minors. Jacalyn Warren, 16, is white, five feet five inches and 125 pounds with brown hair and eyes. She has an identifying scar on her forehead. She may be with Remington "Rem" Kramer, 16, brown hair, blue eyes, six feet one inch tall and 200 pounds. They may be traveling in a white 2012 Chevrolet Impala with Idaho tags IC 215. Please be on the lookout...