Stories from Friday, August 4, 2017

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and Central District Health Department expanded a health advisory last week involving the water in two additional reservoirs northeast of Mountain Home. Recent water samples taken from Long Tom and Mountain Home reservoirs indicate the presence of Aphanizomenon algae...

After a successful state competition, three members of Mountain Home High School Health Occupations Students of America earned recognition awards at an international leadership conference held recently in Orlando, Fla. Six students from the high school attended the competition, including the team’s $1,000 scholarship recipient and the former HOSA Region Four vice president...

The Mountain Home Country Music Festival was struck with an act of God on opening night causing the cancelation of Friday night's headlining act, Keith Urban. In a video posted on line Keith Urban apologized for the event that was out of their hands...

David Joseph Arosteguy died on July 27, 2017 in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Mountain Home, Idaho on January 24, 1942, he was the son of Bertrand and Margarita Arosteguy. He is survived by his loving wife Lois Arosteguy of Tucson, AZ; brother Daniel (Sherri) Arosteguy of Grand Junction, CO; children Julia (Todd) Ward, of Cincinnati, OH; Bobbie (Travis) White, of Indianapolis, IN; Steve (Ann) Arosteguy, of Newburgh, IN; and grandchildren Tyler and Samantha White, Alexis Arosteguy, and Harris Ward as well as five nieces.. ...

Beula A. Parks (Perkins) passed away peacefully in Kuna, ID on July 27, 2017, in the arms of her children. Beula was born in Glenns Ferry, ld on Oct. 2, 1939, along the Snake River, in a remodeled chicken coop, below the clay banks. She was delivered by her sister, Alice Marie...

Ronda Kaye Cooley, 61, of Mountain Home passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at St. Luke's Elmore Long Term Care, in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on August 12, 2017 at River of Life Family Worship Center in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 No. 18th East, in Mountain Home...

George Eldon Hunter (aka Leslie LaVatta), 83, of Hammett, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was born on April 16, 1934 at Fort Hall, Idaho to Thomas Lewis and Rowena Lawrence LaVatta the youngest of four children. He had 2 sisters, Annie Laurie and Arnetta Theresa, and a brother Thomas Leland LaVatta...