Stories from Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Local law enforcement continued its investigation into a case in which people illegally entered the Mountain Home city pool complex currently under construction and potentially damaged the newly rebuilt floor of the outdoor pool. In a post shared on social media, city officials reported that security cameras recorded these individuals skateboarding along the floor of the city’s pool, which remained closed over the past four years after the boiler unit needed to heat its water lost several thermostat switches in a short amount of time, said city clerk Tiffany Belt.. ...

Crimes in the Mountain Home area that led to the arrest of two women in connection with a missing person’s case from three years ago as well as the arrests of two others in connection with a murder at a local motel and another in Tipanuk topped the list of stories making headlines in the Mountain Home News over the past 12 months...

Mountain Home and communities across Idaho and the United States paused to honor the memory of former President Jimmy Carter, who redefined his life as a global humanitarian following after his time at the White House after he died Sunday at the age of 100...

The newspaper invites those in the Mountain Home community to help celebrate the legacy of a man whose meals he created at his former restaurant were something his wife wanted to share with others. Jim “Scrubby” Birchfield owned Scrubby’s Smokehouse Restaurant, located just a short distance outside the main gate at Mountain Home Air Force Base...

The presentation during the city council meeting last month definitely opened my eyes with regards to how serious the problem was regarding the number of stray and abandoned dogs, cats and other pets in the local area. I felt very upset knowing we have so many people who simply kicked their pets out of their home versus finding ways to deal with the challenges that led up to those actions...

Dear editor, There are two of God’s creatures I adore; children and babies as well as “puppy faces” -- a.k.a. dogs. It was my sister, Donna Marie (RIP) who taught me that dog spelled backwards is “God.” Thank you, my beautiful and beloved baby sister, as I’ve never forgotten that!...

Dear editor, I was sorry to read about the four cows killed by motorists in the story published in the Dec. 25, 2024, edition of the Mountain Home News, but I so appreciated your piece because it actually mentioned the cows who were hit on Highway 51 near Bruneau...

Rusty Kramer from the Idaho Trappers Association meets with fourth graders at West Elementary School as he highlights the history of fur trapping in the state during a recent presentation at the school. During the lesson, the association members took time to highlight wildlife conservation efforts as well as the importance of fur trapping in today’s society...

Students with Kya Vines-Bideganeta’s fish and wildlife class at Mountain Home High School as well as members of the local Future Farmers of America organization work to collect seeds from sagebrush and rabbitbrush plants as part of a community service field trip held recently at the Blacks Creek Wildlife Management Area northeast of Mountain Home...