Stories from Wednesday, January 8, 2025

It’s often said that a photo speaks a thousand words. In my years as a photojournalist, I’ve found that some photos often speak a lot more. One photo in particular served as a lesson in ethics whenever I trained a new staff writer. Contained in that black and white print was an older woman being comforted by a firefighter as the woman’s granddaughter clung to her leg crying...

Dear editor, The Service Extension for the Elmore County Salvation Army would like to thank the people and businesses of the Mountain Home area for their generous donations and the volunteers from the community who spent their time to “man a kettle” through the 2025 Christmas season...

Some parents expect their babies to arrive earlier than expected. Others prepare to wait for their child to arrive later than they planned. Ezekiel Morelos apparently had other plans. At 4:02 p.m. Thursday, he officially made his appearance on this world to become the first baby born in Elmore County at the start of the new year...

Last week, the Mountain Home News looked at the top 10 stories of the year with a month-by-month breakdown of major stories from the first half of the year. This week, the newspaper takes a look at the stories from the second half of 2024, which included a number of changes affecting Mountain Home and surrounding communities...

Unintentional consequences led to a vehicle crash that damaged a local veterinary clinic on Jan. 2. Emergency responders arrived at the Knight Veterinary Clinic on Elmcrest Street after receiving reports that a 2001 Chevy S10 pickup truck crashed into the building around 8:40 a.m...

City officials provided an update regarding an incident in late December in which two people illegally entered the Mountain Home city pool complex that remains under construction. Two minors manipulated the fencing surrounding the outdoor pool at Richard Aguirre Park before they entered the site and started riding skateboards in the unfinished pool area, according to information released by the city last week...

Local law enforcement agencies urged people in Mountain Home and communities across the county to remain vigilant following a reported terrorist attack that killed 15 people and injured dozens of others in New Orleans on Jan. 1. The Associated Press reported that investigators continued to look into whether others were involved in the rampage in which the driver of a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians in the city’s French Quarter district early that morning...

John Lewis Holley was born December 22nd, 1932 in Hobbs, New Mexico. John peacefully passed away December 25, 2024 in Nampa, Idaho surrounded by family. At an early age his family moved to Vale, Oregon to live on a farm just outside of town. During high school, the family moved into the local town and John helped his father run the family concrete business. It was then he met the love of his life Marilyn Chad in whom he had been married to for 60 years, until her passing in 2018...

Ongoing power issues at Stephensen Elementary School at Mountain Home Air Force Base earlier this week prompted school officials to cancel classes this Thursday and Friday. In a post shared on social media on Wednesday, Jan. 8, school principal Robynn Schipani said the part necessary to restore the school’s power currently remains in transit and may get installed on Saturday...