Transportation
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...
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...
I-84 resurfacing work to begin Monday
(07/03/08) Roadway resurfacing work to level a section of I-84 near Mountain Home is scheduled to get under way on Monday (July 7), the Idaho Transportation Department announced Thursday. Both the eastbound and westbound travel lanes of eight miles of the interstate, from Simco Road (milepost 82) to the first Mountain Home exit (milepost 90), will be milled and paved. All lanes will then be treated with an edge-line to edge-line seal coat that will protect the surface and improve traction for motorists...
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.
Blood drive today
(06/09/08) The American Red Cross is hosting a Mountain Home Community Blood Drive today, from noon to 5 p.m. in the gymnasium of the LDS Stake Center. Donors can enter a drawing for a chance to win a $100 Stinker Station gas card or a jet boat tour for four (courtesy of Snake River Adventures)...
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...
Glenns Ferry Opera Theatre opens
(06/03/08) Glenns Ferry Opera Theatre will open its 15th Summer Season on Friday, June 13 with the comedic murder mystery "In Memoriam". On Saturday, June 14, the theatre will begin its performance of the melodrama "Stop the Presses, She's Not My Type!". Showtime is 7:45 p.m. with dinner service beginning, both evenings, at 6:30 p.m...
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...
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...
Crazee Daze events starts Thursday
(05/14/08) The 42nd annual Crazee Daze merchant's promotion will be held this Saturday, May 17. Most of the events will be held downtown but due to last-minute problems involving Union Pacific Railroad, which owns Railroad Park, the Royal West Amusements Carnival site has been moved from the park to the former Dennis Dillon/Mountain Home Auto Ranch parking lot on Airbase Road. The carnival will be operating Thursday and Friday beginning at 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon...
... NEW ... Road maintenance operations on I-84
(05/09/08) Road maintenance operations & slow moving maintenance vehicle on I-84 - in both directions from The Oregon State Line to Exit 121 - Interstate 84 Business. THIS WORK IS BEING DONE AT NIGHT FROM 10:00 PM TO 7:30 AM NIGHTLY. The Herbicide Application truck will be spraying the roadway shoulders along I-84. This vehicle is slow moving so minor delays may be encountered starting at 10:00PM on 5/9/2008 until 7:30AM, 5/16/2008...
Doug King hopes to upset Rose for county commission post
(04/30/08)
King Hill resident Doug King has announced his candidacy for District 2 County Commissioner. King is running on the Republican ticket and will face incumbent Larry Rose in the May 27 Primary Election. This will be King's second attempt to unseat Rose who has served as county commissioner for District 2 since 1997... |