Stories from Wednesday, March 21, 2018

On the evening of March 14, Mountain Home got a rare treat when the Treasure Valley Concert Band presented "Music Stars" with help from the Mountain Home High School Band. TVCB is a wind instrument band made up of musicians from all walks of life...

The March 16, meeting of the Elmore County Commissioners had discussions on two interesting developments in the county. Courtney Lewis who is the Director of Economic Development for the city of Mountain Home and Christy Accord who is the Executive Director for Southwest Idaho Rural Development approached the board to bring up the subject of foreign trade in the county...

After being given two weeks, Scott Riggs chose to stand silent during his entry of plea on March 19. Riggs is currently on trial for first degree murder in connection with the death of Paula Ferbrache. By choosing to stand silent on Monday, Judge Nancy Baskin entered a plea of "not guilty" on his behalf...

On Thursday, March 15 at approximately 4 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two vehicle injury crash northbound US95 at milepost 150, near Tamarack. William McMonigle, 73, of Mountain Home, was driving a 2007 Peterbuilt semi southbound on US95...

Last month, on Feb. 14, 17 people were killed during a school shooting, with 17 others injured in the fray. What is considered the worst school shooting since Sandy Hook was a former student's last straw after his parents died. Families of those who either attended or worked at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. will never be the same...

Dear Editor, My husband and I own Mountain Home Printing and we’ve been in business for 32 years. We’ve moved to our current location because of the ease of accessibility and parking for our customers. Most of our customers only need to be in our office for a few minutes, so it works out great. We have many senior citizens who regularly visit our store. Some customers just need to get a few copies and others, pick up cases of printing...

Charles Thomas “Chuck” Heath, 96, of Mountain Home, passed away at St. Lukes Hospital in Boise, on Tuesday, March 20. A rosary will be held at 10 a.m., on Monday, March 28 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.