Stories from Wednesday, October 2, 2019

On Monday, Sept. 23, the City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting with all Councilman present. Mayor Rich Sykes established a quorum and invited Horrocks and Boise State University Idaho Policy Institute to hold the Comprehensive Plan presentation...

Several months ago, an anonymous complaint was filed with the Attorney General's office because I gave an employee paid administrative time-off during his final week of employment. The Detective Sergeant had served 13 years with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office before announcing his retirement in January 2019. ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) —Three truck drivers who were originally charged with felonies for transporting industrial hemp through Idaho have been placed on unsupervised probation. The three men, who were charged in two separate cases, all had the felony charges reduced to misdemeanors earlier this year. The Idaho Press reports Ada County Magistrate Judge Michael Oths also gave the men withheld judgments on Sept. 26, which means the convictions won't show up on their criminal records...

On Sept. 11, First Interstate Bank closed all of its locations at noon to perform community service projects in the towns they serve. The Mountain Home branch decided to paint the Mountain Home Senior Citizen Center as their way of giving back to the community. The Paint was provided through a $500 grant from the First Interstate Foundation...

Mountain Home Community Transit’s City Route is going to be fare free as of October 1, 2019. The City Council approved increasing their annual contribution by $3,500 in order for this to happen. This is great news for the citizens of Mountain Home who utilize the City bus service from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm Monday through Friday...