Stories from Wednesday, September 28, 2022

(Sept. 19, 2022) – The Idaho Water Resource Board voted to spend approximately $87 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on a number of major water infrastructure projects statewidein its regular meeting on Friday held at the Community Campus here in Hailey, Idaho...

Newspapers record current events and are the first rough draft of history. Even small-town weekly publications are essential. The information they print archives local events and everything in those pages is necessary to someone. Did you know: • Some of the earliest newspaper publishers had a second job as postmasters?For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper’s online edition...

The Mountain Home Arts Council is proud to present clarinet and guitar duo Jâca on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. Jâca combines classical and world music to bring an adventurous, passionate, and completely original musical style to the stage. From Flamenco to Fado, Appalachia to Argentina, and guitar slides to clarinet smears, Jâca’s music is truly a unique fusion that fits into no single genre...

Of all the local history topics I have undertaken, by far the most controversial, interesting, and contentious is the issue of tunnels under the old buildings downtown in Mountain Home. Many people have opinions, or a “certainty”, about these much-storied tunnels...

Mantids (or praying/preying mantis) have been spotted everywhere this spring and especially this summer here in Elmore County. These hemimetabolous (egg à nymph à adult) predatory insects are highly beneficial to ecosystems, as they serve as sit-and-wait generalist ambush predators. The native Idaho ground mantid, Litaneutria minor, is less commonly encountered compared to the European mantid, Mantis religiosa, which has certainly taken over as Idaho’s most prolific mantid species...

September is National Preparedness Month, and Idaho Power is reminding customers of the ways they can be ready in case of an extended power outage. With continued wildfires throughout the region and fall storms always a possibility, it’s important to be prepared for potential power outages, no matter the season...

Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) applaud the unanimous passage of Senate Resolution 645 in recognition of September 2022 as “National Prostate Awareness Month.” Crapo and Menendez authored the bipartisan resolution aimed at increasing awareness of prostate cancer, which is the second-most common cancer in American men next to skin cancer. ...

09/21/2022 - State Superintendent Sherri Ybarra gave her employees more than $600,000 in bonuses this spring. It’s the largest set of bonuses Ybarra has awarded in her eight years in office. The payments began in April, weeks before the May Republican primary. Ybarra finished third in the three-person primary, and will leave office in January...

Every October, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation sponsors the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, the official national tribute to those firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. In 2017, the Foundation created Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters to recognize the 25th anniversary of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. ...

The Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo Association was able to present to community groups on September 21st 2022 charitable donations, totaling close to $14,000, from the proceeds of this year's June 24 & 25 2022 Daniel Dopps Memorial Ram PRCA Rodeo. Daniel Dopps was a 2004 graduate of Mountain Home High School. ...

Monte V. Goodloe, age 69, of Grand View, passed away at home, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday, September 24, 2022, after a long illness. Monte was born on June 1, 1953, in Boise, Idaho to Vernon and Beverly (Slack) Goodloe. The family moved to Denio, Nevada from Homedale, Idaho when Monte was 4 years old. He attended grade school in Denio and graduated High School in Crane, Oregon...

The City Planning and Zoning Commission met in regular session at 6 pm on September 19th. The meeting opened with the unanimous approval of the last meeting’s minutes. Following this, the commission was presented with a plan by Walmart to extend their online grocery pickup parking area. Walmart plans to conduct re-striping at crossings, in addition to other safety measures...