Environment

Motorcycle accident kills one Sunday (07/09/08)
A motorcyclist from Twin Falls was killed July 6 on the South Pine-Featherville Road near High Prairie Road. Toni Barnes was traveling along the road at about 6:17 p.m. when the 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle she was driving went off the east side of the roadway, flipping twice and landing on the other side of a barbed wire fence...

Storyteller to be featured during library's Family Night (07/04/08)
"Six Legged Wonders" is the theme of the first Family Nite of the Mountain Home Public Library's Summer Reading Program. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 8, beginning at 5:30 p.m. "Walk on the pond with water strider. Buzz with leaf cutter bee. ...

City prepares to 'go green' with electric car purchases (07/02/08)
The rapid rise in gas price has prompted the Mountain Home City Council to purchase two electric vehicles. For the complete story, see the Mountain Home News.

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...

4-H 0pen horse show set (06/11/08)
An Open Horse Show, sponsored by the University of Idaho Elmore County 4-H, will be held June 14 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Glenns Ferry Fairgrounds The class list and entry forms are available online at: http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/elmore.

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...

High school drama group plans "Treasure Island' (05/07/08)
The MHHS Design and Production team from the high school drama department will present "Treasure Island" May 7-10. Performances begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, the high seas adventure finds Jim and the villainous pirate Long John Silver traveling across the ocean to find Captain Flint's legendary fortune. ...

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...

Forest Service reopens Danskin to ORV users (05/01/08)
The Forest Service will reopen all trails for motorized use in the Danskin Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area located on the Mountain Home Ranger District of the Boise National Forest Thursday, May 1. The season trail closure normally ends by mid-April, but with the heavy snows and slow melting, it was extended this year...