Stories from Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Volunteers in the Mountain Home community continued this week to prepare for this year’s Air Force Appreciation Day celebration. Celebrating its 64th anniversary, this year’s AFAD festivities officially began Tuesday during a trivia night fundraiser at Blue Pit Brewing...

With this year’s Air Force Appreciation Day parade on Saturday, officials leading this event outlined some safety tips to keep parade goers safe. Each float in a parade must have safety as its top priority, “due to some instances in the past involving children and floats during the parade,” said A.J. Lewis, who serves as this year’s parade coordinator...

Members of the Friends of the Library organization in Mountain Home raised more than $4,500 during their annual book sale to support seven events in the local community through the rest of the year. The “Smokin’ Hot Summer Book Sale” held at the end of July featured 50 boxes of paperback and hardback books for children and adults...

Many of you have heard the old adage, “showing up is half the battle.” It’s a simple phrase that packs a powerful message, and as Idaho’s educational communities embark on a fresh year of learning, this saying has the potential to help address a growing issue affecting student achievement in Idaho and beyond...

A new state law that took effect in July requires parents in Mountain Home and other communities to provide written consent before schools can provide children with medical care. The revisions to Idaho Code 32-1015 requires parents to provide this documentation to allow school officials to provide non-life threatening medical services to students that includes providing children and teens with bandaids, routine first aid and over-the-counter headache medications...

A 64-year tradition unofficially begins today as the Mountain Home community comes together to showcase its support for the men and women of the armed forces. Air Force Appreciation Day, or AFAD for short, is a celebration whose reputation extends well beyond Elmore County and even our state. In fact, a number of military members learn about it immediately after they get orders to Mountain Home Air Force Base...

A $17.5 million increase to the city’s fiscal year budget and revisions to the city golf pro’s contract highlighted topics addressed by the Mountain Home City Council during a public meeting Aug. 27. The approved $84.8 million budget scheduled to begin Oct. 1 showed a $9.5 million jump in the city’s enterprise funds compared to the current fiscal year budget along with a $2.5 million raise in its operations funding used to support various city departments...

Golf enthusiasts in the Mountain Home community recently met at the Desert Canyon Golf Course to battle for top honors while helping raise a record-setting amount of money to benefit the St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, the St. Luke’s Elmore Annual Golf Classic celebrates the regional medical center’s commitment to community excellence, officials said...

Helping to lead Mountain Home High School’s Encore Company since he was a freshman, one of the theater organization’s students earned a promotion in recognition of his years of work on and off stage. In an announcement last week, the theater group announced that Liam Peterson took the reins as the Encore Company’s assistant director this season...

A medical technician with the Elmore Ambulance Service earned national recognition last week following her selection as this year’s community paramedic of the year. Dr. Jennifer Rhoads earned the title from the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, sponsored each year by the National Association of Mobile Integrated Healthcare Providers...

Warren Raymond Taylor, 93, of Grandview, Id passed away Sunday September 1, 2024, at his Home. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home