Stories from Wednesday, May 10, 2017

A man remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail following his arrest on Tuesday in connection with a burglary in Glenns Ferry. Robert Earl Lee, 32, stands accused of forcing his way into the Price Less Mini-Mart around 12:30 a.m. that day. Authorities responded to the convenience store following a call from an alarm company regarding the break in with the first deputy arriving on scene within five minutes. The deputy immediately located a point of forced entry into the store...

Elmore County Sheriff Mike Hollinshead urges residents and visitors to avoid traveling to communities and campsites in the mountains north of Mountain Home due to massive flooding that has stricken the region in recent days. Due to heavy winter snow in the mountains of Elmore County, combined by the spring thaw, flooding in the area has become a significant issue as the water levels rise...

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in tracking down a person of interest in connection with a series of burglaries reported across the county. As of Friday, detectives were investigating more than eight burglaries reported over the past three weeks...

Tyah Andreas Nez, 26, of Owyhee, Nev., passed away at his home on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Reporter's Notebook

Dear editor, I am writing a response to the false information that Betty Ashcraft has put in a public newspaper (May 3 Mountain Home News). At no time has the Western Elmore County Recreation District bought or been asked to buy my organization, Northern Rockies SAAA (Scottish American Athletic Association), a food truck...