Stories from Friday, February 14, 2020

Mountain Home FFA made history on February 5th, as seven, third year members earned their Idaho State Degree. Matilynn Pierson, Elisa Agner, Kamryn Orr, Elizabeth Bearden, Katie Corder, Morgan Spies, and Cristobal Orozco are the first eligible members for the Mountain Home FFA Chapter to apply for this honor. ...

The Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition (IATC) provided a free training at the All in One Church in Mountain Home, on Tuesday, Feb 4th, as a part of their focus on raising awareness of human trafficking in Idaho. The evening's conversation began with IATC Co-Founder, Kevin Zielinski of Eagle, Idaho, sharing a personal story of foster-care gone bad...

BOISE, Idaho (Press Release) The Boise State Athletics Hall of Fame Committee announced the 2020 Hall of Fame Class Thursday, a list of former Bronco greats that includes Emma Bates (women’s track & field), Gene Bleymaier (former director of athletics), Ben Cherrington (wrestling), Kurt Felix (men’s track & field), Korey Hall (football) and Luke Shields (men’s tennis)...

Waltrud (Wally) Butler Sibley Born in Wuppertal, Germany on December 1, 1926. Wally’s childhood was very tough, loosing her mother at the age of 4, she was the youngest of 7 children. She survived a Hitler ran war torn Germany. In 1946 she met her knight in shining armor Paul E. Butler stationed in Germany during World War II. They married and had their first child Barbara Jean in 1948...

Yvonne Cole, age 62, of Mountain Home, passed away on February 6, 2020, at her home following an illness. A Celebration of her life will be held at 11:00AM, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the American Legion Post #101, in Mtn Home. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

The Elmore County Commissioners held their regular meeting Friday morning, Feb. 7 in the basement of the courthouse. There was discussion over a bill from Idaho Power going back to 2016, presented by Julie Lyle in regards to the fairgrounds. The county can't go back that far to pay bills, according to the attorneys. ...