Stories from Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Something caught Bellamy Nettleton’s attention as she walked down the dirt pathway. Stepping onto the small hill, the seven year old reached down and picked up a metal strip several feet in length and took note of rust that continued taking its toll on this piece of steel...

Schools in the Mountain Home School District hold their fall parent-teacher conferences Thursday afternoon. District schools remain in session that morning before dismissing their students at 11:30 a.m. to allow teachers to prepare for face-to-face meetings with the parents of these children and teens...

Representatives with the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 26 pose for a photo after members of the organization took time earlier this month to put together 30 comfort bags containing blankets, books and stuffed animals. Members of the Legion auxiliary unit delivered these comfort bags to the emergency room unit at St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center to provide help to patients needing urgent medical care in the Mountain Home area...

The haunted spirit trapped inside children’s minds takes the stage as students from Mountain Home High School’s Encore Company present “Elsewhere” Oct. 23 to 26 in the school gymnasium. Celebrating the start of the theater company’s 2024 to 2025 season, the shows begin at 7 p.m. all four days with tickets sold at the door...

Dear editor -- Proposition 1 is a Trojan horse! “They” want you to think that it is all about open primaries, which is just a distraction to institute Ranked Choice Voting. Ranked Choice Voting can be used by a weaker party to put in weaker candidates. ...

In-person absentee voting in Elmore County begins at 9 a.m. Monday as others in the county prepare to head to polls Nov. 5 to select the nation’s next president along with those running for Idaho’s U.S. representative seat as well as two seats in the state legislature...