Stories from Wednesday, July 24, 2024

We are here to celebrate the lives of Bill and Jaqueline Madden. They were married for 47 years to each other and had two children together and two children from Bill’s previous marriage. They traveled to many different countries together and experienced many different cultures during Bill’s service to the United States Air Force. ...

BOISE – The Bureau of Land Management’s Boise District started construction this week on a single engine air tanker base at the Mountain Home Municipal Airport. The Mountain Home Single Engine Air Tanker Base seeks to expand aircraft availability to respond more quickly to fight wildland fires in southwestern Idaho and the surrounding area, BLM officials said...

Temperatures rising into the triple digits didn’t stand in the way last week as thousands of people gathered in Glenns Ferry during this year’s Elmore County Fair and Rodeo. Featuring four days of competitions and events tailored for all ages, the county fair seeks to help educate children and teens on the challenges and responsibilities related to working on a farm, said county fair manager Julie Lisle...

I knew it was only a matter of time before it happened. I guess I was too much of an optimist on how fast it happened. I refer to a news story involving a comment posted to social media shortly after the news broke regarding the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. Simply put, officials with the Sioux Falls School District in South Dakota fired a behavior facilitator staff member at its middle school...

Saturday, July 13, an assassination attempt was carried out, and President Trump was shot. All glory to God that he is alive and well after this incident. Sadly, one innocent bystander in the crowd died as a result, and others were critically wounded...

The Mountain Home Arts Council and the Historic Opera Theatre in Glenns Ferry received more than $6,000 in financial support from the Idaho Commission on the Arts through its annual grant program. In a press release July 17, the state art commission announced plans to provide $3,316 to the Mountain Home Arts Council through its public programs in the arts grant avenue with the opera theater selected to receive $2,791 through the state’s entry track grants and public programs in the arts initiative.. ...

Honoring his efforts to save the life of a Glenns Ferry man last December, members of the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department gathered to present a medal to one of its detectives. During a ceremony July 16, Detective John Strong received the Life Saving Award from Sheriff Mike Hollinshead...

Emily Simpson with the American Red Cross adjusts the lines that will transfer blood from Kathryn Lewis’s arm into a collection pack during a blood drive held July 15 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. People from the Mountain Home community gathered at the church to do their part to help others by donating pints of blood...

The Idaho Supreme Court officially accepted the formal resignation of an attorney from Mountain Home following a court case in which he stood accused of providing false statements to the state bar counsel along with falsifying documents and information related to the case...

Cuts to federal programs and increases to out-of-pocket expenses affecting older residents highlighted a list of concerns people in the Mountain Home area addressed to representatives from Congressman Mike Simpson’s district offices during their visit here July 17...