Stories from Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A defense bill making its way through Congress could yield a long-term economic boost to the Mountain Home area in addition to creating new jobs in town. The National Defense Authorization Act approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in July includes a provision that aims to streamline an ongoing effort to transfer control of a military-owned rail spur to the City of Mountain Home...

Blues music will fill the evening air on Friday as people roll out the blankets and foldable lawn chairs to catch the last of the Mountain Home Arts Council's summer concerts. The arts council concludes its 40th season celebration that evening featuring a free performance by The Blues Directors of the Boise Blues Society...

Dear editor and taxpayers, At the regular board meeting of the Western Elmore County Recreation District on July 26, the board members voted to purchase the Rail Road Park from the railroad for $165,000. This means we, the property taxpayers in the WECRD, will be paying for maintenance, power and water and property taxes for a park...

Dear editor, My name is Angela Ford, and I live in California. Several years ago, my father, Air Force Master Sgt. Wilbur Jeffrey, moved from California and made Mountain Home his forever home. He says he loves it there and will never leave again. I recently visited him and see how truly happy he is there...

Dear editor, This letter is concerning some misinformation that was published in the 26 July issue of the Mountain Home News on the recall efforts on the WECRD board members. It was stated that the Daniel Dopps rodeo committee asked the district for an additional $40,000 for improvements at the Optimist park arena...

The Western Elmore County Recreation District board faced public criticism when they passed a resolution to purchase Railroad Park from the Union Pacific Railroad during a meeting last week. After decades of the city leasing the land, the railroad decided to put the property up for sale after labeling it a surplus property...