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SRA speakers rip nuke plant (07/09/08)
Representatives from the Snake River Alliance held a meeting Tuesday night in Mountain Home to discuss views on the nuclear plant proposed by Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., to be built in Elmore County. For more information, see the Home News...

Centennial of original library begins Monday (06/29/08)
On June 30, the Mountain Home Historical Museum will be commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Carnegie building, which served as the city library for 66 years and presently houses the Mountain Home Museum. The event will feature speeches from staff at the Mountain Home Public Library, the Women's Civic Club and special guest Charles F. Hummel, grandson of one of the library's original architects and representing Hummel Architects out of Boise...

Nuclear power info meetings underway (06/11/08)
Idaho Energy Complex, the company that seeks to build a nuclear power plant in Elmore County, held a public information meeting in Mountain Home Tuesday, June 10. Don Gillispie, Chairman and CEO of the company, made a brief presentation to the approximately 60 people in attendance before opening the floor for questions from Elmore County residents...

Nuclear power plant meeting set for June 16 in Glenns Ferry (06/11/08)
Idaho Energy Complex representatives have begun a series of public information meetings meetings to inform the public about their plans to build a 1,600-megawatt nuclear reactor in Elmore county. A meeting was held Tuesday night in Mountain Home. Check www.mountainhomenews.com later today for coverage of that meeting...

Youth center looks for new home (06/11/08)
The Mountain Home Youth Center will be moving to a new facility it hopes to build on South 5th West Street. See the Mountain Home News to find out more. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/

Info meeting on nuclear power plant set Tuesday (06/07/08)
Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., which is proposing to build a nuclear power plant in Elmore County, will hold a public information meeting on its plan this coming Tuesday night, June 10, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Mountain Home Jr. High School gymnasium.

Newest IP plant turbine goes online (06/02/08)
The new 170-MW gas-fired turbine at Idaho Power's Evander Andrews power plant near Mountain Home officially went on line last week, prepared to provide power for periods of peak demand this summer. The project came in ahead of time and under budget, Idaho Power officials said. Including transmission lines associated with the project, the overall cost of the expansion of the plant was just under $80 million...

New lodge for Elks may begin soon (05/02/08)
Leaders of the Mountain Home Elk's Lodge believe construction to rebuild the lodge, which burned to the ground last September, could begin within one to two months. Only final approval from the Grand Lodge remains for the plans of the new -- and expanded -- lodge facility, and once that is received the local lodge already has a contractor standing by to begin construction...