Stories from Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The mayor of Mountain Home issued a formal apology last week in connection with the actions a member of the city council took regarding the community’s military liaison officer. In a video posted to social media last week, Mayor Rich Sykes addressed the actions the councilmember took with regards to Marty Anderson...

Members from Mountain Home’s Black History Committee invite others in the local community to come together to reflect on love and unity in Black history during a banquet scheduled for Friday evening. Celebrating its 37th anniversary in Mountain Home, the semi-formal event begins with social hour at 6:30 p.m. that evening at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, 325 South 3rd West St., with dinner set to follow at 7:15 p.m...

City police continued their investigation into ongoing incidents of vandalism targeting local businesses and other buildings in the local area. The latest report involved the Mountain Home Rural Fire Department building at the corner of South Main and East 6th South streets in which at least one suspect used spray paint to vandalize the doors of the building last week...

Sometimes, I end up discovering things in ways I never saw coming. While some of those discoveries leave me feeling either happy or sad, there were other moments in my life where I found myself caught completely off guard as I started looking deeper into what I had discovered...

The talents of local musicians took the stage last month as the Mountain Home Arts Council hosted its second concert of the new year. Directed by Betty Ashcraft, the “Music the American Way” event included more than a dozen soloists and groups featuring a variety of music that included classic American rock ‘n’ roll from the 1950s to the early 1980s, all of whom donated their time and talent to support the local arts council...

Students from the Richard McKenna charter school district perform a selection of songs as they celebrate the debut of the district’s newly formed orchestra during a concert held in late January. Featuring students from fourth to twelfth grade, the band formed at the start of the new school year after the district received a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts...

Celebrating their performance with Mountain Home High School’s sports teams in recent seasons, 11 of their student athletes marked their commitment to continue their athletic spirit as they took the first step toward joining college and university sports teams once they graduate from the high school...

Recognizing their contributions to Mountain Home and communities across Elmore County during the last three months of 2024, officials with the county sheriff’s department named four of its employees as its quarterly award winners. The sheriff’s department named Reserve Deputy Clayton Brown as the recipient of the department’s top patrol officer honor with Vicki Parrish as the recipient of its emergency communications officer and dispatch title...

In Loving Memory of Toby Fish June 13, 2004 – February 08, 2025 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, friend, and companion, Michael – John Tobias Fish, better known as Toby, who left us far too soon at the age of twenty...