Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2024

The sound of jet engines caught people’s attention as they focused their attention skyward as a trio of A-10 Thunderbolt from Gowen Field soared over Mountain Home on Saturday. The sunlight temporarily blocked people’s chances to see the fighters as they continued eastward as the crowd cheered and applauded...

Plans to provide a sustainable water supply to those stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base took another step forward Tuesday morning as senior state and base officials officially broke ground on a $100 million project to build a water treatment facility at the local military installation...

A woman remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail in connection with a suspected murder in the Tipanuk community west of Mountain Home on Friday. Mickey M. Romero, 56, was booked into the Elmore County Jail on charges of second-degree murder in connection with a man’s death...

The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office continued its investigation into an officer-involved shooting incident involving Idaho State Police troopers near Mountain Home early Monday. Shortly after midnight, a state trooper saw a Honda Accord traveling westbound on the interstate at a high rate of speed near milepost 172...

Lightning from thunderstorm storms soaring across southern Idaho during the Labor Day weekend triggered multiple range fires across the state, including five located north and south of Mountain Home. Reports received from the Idaho Bureau of Land Management indicated these fires scorched more than 10,500 acres of range land as crews worked to contain each of these blazes early last week...

Senior leaders with the Republic of Singapore Air Force met at Mountain Home Air Force Base last week as part of an ongoing effort to foster the positive working relationship between U.S. and Singapore military members stationed there. Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force Maj. ...

Teachers and administrators at West Elementary School plan to hold fundraisers in coming weeks to provide needed funding for a playground upgrade project at the school. During the school’s first parent meeting of the new school year held in late August, school officials outlined the plans to update and enhance its outdoor play area...

“Where were you when...?” It seems that every generation has a variation of that sentence. The end of that question normally mentions a significant moment in history. For some people in this community, that question used to go, “where were you when Kennedy was assassinated” or “where were you when Challenger exploded?”...