Stories from Wednesday, January 30, 2019

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce held its annual installation banquet dinner over the weekend. During the annual meeting newly elected officers and incoming chamber directors were sworn in, while attendees dined at tables decorated by different community businesses. Businesses were presented with awards in multiple categories for decorations at the end of the night with some of categories being voted on by attendees...

A Mountain Home, Idaho, priest accused of raping an intoxicated man who was renting a room from him will not face a new trial for now, and the Diocese of Boise says he will not be given any new assignment. The Idaho Statesman reports that the Rev. Victor Franz Jagerstatter’s trial in 2017 was declared a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. ...

The MHHS Hall of Fame induction dinner and ceremony will be on February 2, 2019 at the Elks Lodge. Social hour is at 5:00pm and dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The former Tigers included in the Class of 2019 Hall of Fame are: Frank Teverbaugh, Buzz Roberts, Ron Fisher, Jim Lemmon, Rich Hall, David Peterson, Andrea Nicolosi (Cotton) and the 2000-01 Woman’s Basketball Team — Rhonda Faulkner (Smith), Katie Korhing (Hosier), Nicole Bundy (Wiser), Erin Hicks (Willis), Monica Reynolds (Earnest), Tiffany Belt, Heather Kennedy, Andrea Jackson, Kristen Lothrop, Jessica Reynolds (Ward), Gayle Kuntzen (Bettis), Mindy Harris (Nunez) Coaches – Deb Shrum, Travis DeVore and Laurie Kiester. ...

The number three seeded Varsity GBB team will take on #6 seed Twin Falls on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium at Mountain Home High School.

The Western Elmore County Recreation District held its monthly meeting on Jan. 23 where they discussed aspects of the indoor pool facility project including a contract with Wright Brothers Construction, the business plan and a recent visit to the Caldwell YMCA...

Education Week at the Capitol is always a pivotal time not just for the legislature, but the entire state. The presidents of Idaho’s major universities and community colleges made the rounds this week, seeking investments that will help produce the skilled-workforce Idaho so desperately needs. ...

Dear Editor, Are letters to the editor a waste of time, money and energy? Perhaps. I ‘think’ the CDC has recently issued a warning. Yes, they are calling it, ‘Apathy Across America,’ A.A.A. Unfortunately, there is no known cure for this condition, as it is passed down through generations...

On Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, an Idaho State Police Trooper assigned to the ISP Commercial Vehicle Safety section conducted an inspection of a commercial tractor-trailer rig at the eastbound, East Boise Port of Entry. As part of the inspection, the trooper inspected the cargo's bill of lading, which declared the load as hemp. However, the trooper's training and experience made him suspicious that the cargo was in fact marijuana, not industrial hemp...