General News
Car crashes into woman's bedroom
(07/09/08) Coleen Hannigan had an unexpected visitor in her bedroom July 4 -- a car. Shortly after 6 p.m. that day, Thomas Curren, 21, of Mountain Home, was traveling west on American Legion Boulevard when his vehicle struck on the driver's side approximately five dividing lane pylons used by construction crews to direct traffic...
Brush fires reported
(07/09/08) At 2:30, two brush fires took place in Mountain Home. The first fire was located at 2395 American Legion Boulevard. Reportedly, the fire was started due to a power pole that fell over and the cables from the pole sparked the area in flame. The second fire was located near in the empty field near the Pilot gas station. The source of the fire is unknown...
Brush fire causes trailer park evacuation
(07/09/08) Mountain Home fire crews responded Monday night to a fire near Meadows Trailer Park that triggered a precautionary evacuation of one section of the park. For more information, see the Mountain Home News...
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...
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...
City prepares to celebrate Fourth of July
(07/02/08) The El-Wyhee Business Association will sponsor a Fourth of July Festival Friday in Carl Miller Park to celebrate the 232nd birthday of the United States. The festival will start with breakfast at 8 a.m. The breakfast of "Pioneer pancakes," scrambled eggs and coffee or milk will be served all day...
Fourth of July events set
(07/01/08) The El-Wyhee Business Association will sponsor a Fourth of July Festival in the Carl Miller Park to celebrate the 232nd birthday of the United States. The festival will start with breakfast at 8 a.m. The breakfast of "Pioneer pancakes," scrambled eggs and coffee or milk will be served all day...
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...
(Untitled)
(06/20/08) Tammy Law, 33, of Mountain Home, pleaded guilty June 16 in Boise's federal court to embezzlement of more than $400,000 from the Pioneer Federal Credit. Law had worked at the Mountain Home branch since 1995. In October 2001 she became manager of the collections department and authorities believe she started embezzling funds in mid-2002 until she was caught in March. Anita Twitchell, president and CEO of Pioneer Credit Union, said managers discovered the embezzling internally during the course of normal business on March 26. Bank officials notified the Mountain Home Police Department which worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate further. Mountain Home Police Chief John Walters said the FBI was initially involved because both state and federal government has jurisdiction over the crime. Walters said the department originally thought the amount embezzled was far less than $400,000 but once the high dollar amount was determined, letting the federal government proceed with the case became an easy decision. Law waived her right to a grand jury indictment and agreed on June 6 to plead guilty to a felony charge of embezzlement. She appeared voluntarily in court Monday to formally enter her guilty plea. She was never arrested. Assistant U.S. Attorney George Breitsameter, who prosecuted the case in federal court, said Law never offered an excuse for embezzling the funds. Her attorney, Boise attorney D.C. Carr, declined to comment on her motives for the crime or how the funds were used. Twitchell said Law used many different methods and mixed up the way she embezzled money, which enabled her to prolong the time she avoided getting caught. She was able to use her position as a manger and her length of employment at the credit union to facilitate her actions. The majority of the embezzled funds occurred in the last 18-24 months before she was caught. Only one credit union member's account was affected by the crime, where she took an undisclosed amount of money. Law had a non-business related connection with that member. However, Twitchell said the funds embezzled from that account were small in comparison to the credit union funds she misappropriated through the diversion of credit union operating monies and/or assets and the falsification of expense invoices. Those amounts were than channeled by Law, using several fraudulent means, to her for her own personal use. According to Law's plea agreement, she admitted, for example, that she caused credit union checks to be issued to Magic Valley Collections, which she then presented for payment. That was one of several methods she used to steal from the credit union. She used the proceeds from the checks for her own personal benefit. The credit union expects to be recover the loss funds from CUMIS, a credit union insurance company, and the loss of funds will not negatively affect any member's accounts. Twitchell said she is willing to talk or meet with any customers who have questions about their account regarding Law's guilty plea. Law's sentencing is set for Sept. 15 before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge in Boise. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a $1 million fine and supervised release of five years following the term of incarceration.
Updated: Anti-nuke activist arrested at nuclear plant meeting
(06/19/08) The Glenns Ferry Opera Theatre was filled nearly to capacity on the evening of June 16 as Elmore County citizens gathered for an informational meeting hosted by Idaho Energy Complex (IEC).
Semi-truck accident on I-84
(06/19/08) Emergency response crews are working the scene of an injury accident in the westbound lanes of I-84 near milepost 122, just east of Glenns Ferry. Westbound traffic has been slowed, and the right hand lane is closed until the wreckage can be cleared. Eastbound traffic has not been affected. Drivers of both vehicles have been taken by ground ambulance to Elmore Medical Center. The extent of their injuries is unknown. No further details are available at this time.
Pieces of dynamite discovered near gas pipeline
(06/13/08) About 15 residents from eight homes in the Tipanuk area were evacuated for approximately five hours Thursday night after residue and pieces of an old stick of dynamite, which may have been there since the 1950s, was found underneath a natural gas pipeline.
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...
City firemen celebrate centennial
(06/11/08) The Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department celebrated it's 100th birthday Saturday. See the Mountain Home News for more information and additional photos. http://mountainidhomenews.id.newsmemory.com/
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.
Special anniversary activities scheduled all day Saturday
(06/06/08) The Mountain Home Fire Department will celebrate it's centennial anniversary Saturday at Fire Station #1. The day will begin at 11 a.m. with a parade of antique and new fire trucks at Fire Station #1, 220 South 2nd East Street. The parade will go down 2nd East Street, turn around at Albertson's, and come down Main Street...
Fire department plans centennial celebration June 7
(06/03/08) The Mountain Home Fire Department's centennial celebration will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7. It's a day that took 100 years to get to and the fire department is going to make it last all day. At 11 a.m., a parade of antique and new fire trucks will begin at Fire Station #1, 220 South 2nd East Street...
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...
Father Raul to return to church Sunday
(05/31/08) Father Raul Covarrubias will return to Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home Sunday, the Diocese of Boise has said. Father Raul was placed on administrative leave in September following allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. The church determined the allegations to be false but found evidence of other unspecified and unrelated misconduct...
Survey shows Mountain Home is a great place to retire
(05/22/08) Mountain Home is a great place to retire and enjoys good neighborhoods but isn't necessarily a great place to raise kids a city commissioned survey of city services shows. Diane Kushlan, a consultant hired by the city council gave the official results of the community survey during the recent city council meeting...
Pizza deliveryman assaulted
(05/14/08) A Domino's Pizza employee was assaulted while making a delivery at Day Meadows Apartments Saturday evening, sending him briefly to the hospital. According to the Mountain Home Police Department, at approximately 11 p.m. that night the Domino's Pizza employee was going up to the door of building 445 when he was approached in a threatening manner by four to six males. He turned to run away and was grabbed by one of them and fell to the ground...
Two dogs die in house fire
(05/14/08) A fire heavily damaged a residence on one side of a duplex at 1040 E. 4th North St. Monday, and two of the family's dogs died in the blaze. The cause of the fire, which occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ortega, has not been immediately determined and remains under investigation...
Pizza man assaulted Saturday
(05/14/08) A Domino's Pizza employee was assaulted while making a delivery at Day Meadows Apartments Saturday evening, sending him briefly to the hospital. According to the Mountain Home Police Department, at approximately 11 p.m. that night the Domino's Pizza employee was going up to the door of building 445 when he was approached in a threatening manner by four to six males. He turned to run away and was grabbed by one of them and fell to the ground...
Teen dating violence seminar tonight
(05/12/08) The Elmore County Domestic Violence Council (ECDVC) has scheduled a presentation about Teen Dating Violence on May 12, at 6 p.m., at the Mountain Home Police Department meeting room. Rod Gere, the managing attorney for Idaho Legal Aid Services in Boise, is hoping for a good turnout...
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...
Steven Cornford awarded Silver Star for actions in Iraq
(04/30/08) Army Specialist Steven Cornford, a former resident of Mountain Home until he joined the Army, was presented with the Silver Star two weeks ago at Fort Hood, Texas. The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration awarded to a member of the armed forces...
Wagons Ho!
(04/30/08)
Local fourth-grade students (or wranglers) got a "hands-on" opportunity to experience life on the Western frontier during "Wagons Ho," a three-day event at Carl Miller Park last week. In its 15th year in Mountain Home, the events aids in teaching the schools' curriculum on Idaho history... |