Stories from Thursday, February 8, 2018

The Eastern Owyhee County Library in Grand View has been very busy over the winter after receiving multiple grants. In August 2017 the library received a grant from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation for $6,000. The grant was for two projects: to replace the meeting room door with an automatic handicapped-accessible one and to create a handicapped parking area. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

The case continues on the alleged murder of Paula Ferbrache as the first preliminary hearing in State of Idaho versus Scott Eugene Riggs was held on Feb. 2. Riggs was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Ferbrache on Sept. ...

What would be considered a large crowd for a Library Board of Trustee's meeting gathered in the meeting room of the Mountain Home Public Library on Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. Community members came to support a newer program that which drew a complaint about the noise and activity levels of the children who participate...

This past weekend, Nakiyia Percell from North Elementary took second place in the State Elks Hoop Shoot Contest on Feb. 3 in Blackfoot. This is a statewide effort that resulted in almost 35,000 children participating, starting at the local level and their schools, through District and finally State.For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

After a relatively underwhelming performance at the Sochi Winter Olympics (by US standards, second in overall medals is a fairly poor showing), Team USA will head to PyeongChang, South Korea, this week to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Although we did well in overall medals, the unusually low number of gold medals won by Americans in the Sochi Olympics in 2014 disappointed some. ...

Raymond William Minifie, 74, of Nampa, formerly of Mountain Home, died at a local hospital Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Services under the direction of Summers Funeral Home- Ustick Chapel.