Stories from Wednesday, November 10, 2021

This past week, 160 students from Mountain Home High School had the opportunity to visit the local Mountain Home Museum and learn about the history and stories of Mountain Home and the surrounding areas. Debbie Shoemaker, Museum Director, welcomed Mr. Matt Bundy’s Government classes to the museum. The students were given the opportunity to handle some items and walk through the museum and ask the museum staff questions about the items...

In what appeared to be a clean and respectful voting season, Tuesday night November 2nd was the culmination of each candidate’s efforts to seek the voters mark on the ballots. In the race for City Council the votes continued to move back and forth with Brennan and Garvey at the top of all 8 precincts for the 2 open seats. Brennan finished with the lead in 5 of the 8 precincts with Garvey taking the other 3. Vote counts in some cases were only a difference of 1 vote...

The City of Mountain Home was excited to finally break ground on the City of Mountain Home Aquatic Facility last week. Mayor Rich Sykes thanked all those involved but gave special thanks to Jamie McDaniel (City of Mountain Home Grant Writer), Tiffany Belt (City of Mountain Home Clerk) and Darcy Braithwaite (City of Mountain Home Recreation Superintendent) for hitting the ground running and seeing the grant process through...

ELMORE COUNTY, ID November 4, 2021 — Elmore County Sheriff Mike Hollinshead today announced that the Sheriff’s Office has implemented hospital-grade UV-C light technology into its disinfection protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogen-driven illnesses in the County jail and other facilities. The Sheriff’s Office partnered with Command Sourcing, Inc., an industry leader in corrections technology support, to deploy R-Zero’s UV-C disinfection system, Arc...

Boise, Idaho - November 2, 2021 – Albertsons and Kellogg’s donated 1,000 books to East Elementary School during a donation ceremony at the Albertsons store in Mountain Home. The donated books were provided by Penguin Random House through Kellogg’s Feeding Reading program, which gives customers the opportunity to upload receipts of qualifying purchases to donate a book at www.feedingreading.com. ...

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Central District Health are reporting the first human case of rabies and subsequent death reported in Idaho since 1978. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the diagnosis after testing at its lab...

Boise, Idaho… Patricia Perkins, Director of the Idaho Department of Finance, is warning consumers to be aware of spoofed website scams. The Department recently became aware of two phony websites purporting to represent Idaho based banks: Bay Trust Bank and Rigid Trust Bank. Both of these websites were created with mirrored content from legitimate financial institutions. The websites claimed the fraudulent institutions had locations in Boise and Chubbuck, Idaho...

Nov. 4, 2021 - (BOISE) – The State Department of Education is now accepting Holiday Card Contest submissions from Idaho students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Winning entries from each grade level will be published on the State Department of Education website. One artwork will be selected for use as the department’s official holiday card, and the young artist who submits the winning design will receive cards for personal use...

Can COVID-19 vaccines cause variants? NO. COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. New variants of the virus happen because the virus that causes COVID-19 constantly changes through a natural ongoing process of mutation (change). Even before the COVID-19 vaccines, there were several variants of the virus. Looking ahead, variants are expected to continue to emerge as the virus continues to change...

The Idaho State Museum is inviting the public to commemorate National Native American Heritage Month in November. The month-long observance honors the traditions and celebrates the contributions of Native Americans. The museum will be holding events in-person and virtually throughout the month...

It is an honor to serve as an Idaho State Representative and I am proud to serve veterans in this capacity. I served 20 years as a combat aviator in the United States Air Force and those experiences influence all that I am and all that I do. I am an active member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. ...

We mourn the passing of Donald “Fred” Foster, a previous resident of Mountain Home for over 24 years. There is a void on earth left by this husband, father, grandfather, handyman, family historian, and friend. Donald Ray Foster was born in a farmhouse near Wauneta, Kansas on August 11, 1944. ...

Kenneth Lee Jones, Age 82 passed away peacefully at home Oct 26th 2021. He is survived by his three sons KC Lee, Keith and Kenneth Jones and daughter Katie Spicer. A memorial service will be scheduled for a later date.

Herbert Ralph Vann, 91, of Mountain Home, passed away at his home on Sunday, November 7, 2021. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, November 15, 2021, at Mountain View Cemetery. Herb was born February 4, 1930, in Dothan, Alabama. Herb was the fourth of eleven children to Porter and Josie Vann...

With the arrival of fall weather, Idaho Power offers these important reminders to help customers remain safe and prepared for outages. Idaho Power keeps the lights on 99.96% of the time, but weather-related outages can last longer. Sign up to receive alerts of outages at your residence through your Idaho Power My Account...