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On Monday, March 4, “Idaho Day” was celebrated throughout the state, starting at the state capitol in Boise where the 2019 theme of “My Town Idaho” was feted with a proclamation read and signed by Governor Brad Little, speeches, fanfare and a chorale of children from Roosevelt Elementary’s fourth grade class...

The City of Mountain Home is currently working on updating the Comprehensive Plan. The plan, which needs to be updated every ten years is a road map of where the city wants to be over the next ten years in terms of growth, economic development and what's available to the community...

The Mountain Home News was recently contacted by the mother of missing hiker, Kyle Crowden, in an attempt to keep his story on the minds of the local community that he grew up in and to encourage people to join in the search as the weather warms. It has been a month since Crowden has gone missing and his mom, Janet Coupe, is desperate to bring her son home. ...

Michael Nordin, a local Mountain Home Life Scout with Boy Scout Troop 57 has taken on the project of building six sets of bunk beds with trundles, a total of eighteen beds, for Elmore County’s first safe house as his Eagle Scout Project. Bunk beds with trundles will allow for mothers and their children to sleep together in the safe houses’s rooms...

The Elmore County Commissioners met on March 15 and discussed the joint agreement of Elmore Ambulance Services (EAS), between Elmore County and St. Luke's Elmore. A notice of termination has been drafted to discontinue St. Luke's management of EAS. The county will be creating a department to oversee ambulance service operations. The county has requested to terminate the agreement on Sept. 30, 2019...

On March 11, 2019 at approximately 7:34P.M., Elmore County dispatch was notified of an abandoned vehicle on a Groomed Trail on Lester Creek Road just north of the Boise National Forest Lester Creek Guard Station. Once Elmore County Deputies located the vehicle it was confirmed that the Ford F-150 was reported stolen out of Boise, Idaho...

On March 12, 2019 a joint operation between Investigators of the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mountain Home Police Department arrested several individuals of a suspected drug operation within the Mountain Home area. County Deputies and City Officers served a search warrant on a residence at approximately 7:30 P.M...

The Mountain Home City Council met on Feb. 25 to discuss affairs of the city. To begin the meeting Mayor Rich Sykes announced the winners of the Mayor's Business of the Year Award for a small and large business. Nominations for the awards were taken from the community and many deserving businesses were nominated.This year's winner in the small business category was Bee Dashing, a children's consignment store...

The Streetwalkers will begin their weekly solicitation of monetary donations for the yearly Fourth of July Fireworks show on March 20. The group will spend every Wednesday evening from the 20th until July Fourth going door-to-door. The group will go from neighborhood to neighborhood throughout their fundraising season...

On February 27th The Western Elmore County Recreation District met to discuss updates to the Indoor Pool project. The board discussed the difference between Sand vs Regenerative filtration systems. They did not have all the numbers and research to make a final decision. This led the board to table the discussion for now...

On March 1st the Elmore County Commissioners met to discuss the Stryker Lift System and heard a proposal from The City of Mountain Home for a roundabout at 8th St. and American Legion Blvd. The approval of sole source procurement for Stryker Ambulance Lift System was discussed among the Board of County Commissioners. ...

Encore Co. will present Les Misérables adapted by Tim Kelly from Victor Hugo March 7-9, 2019 at 7pm in the MHHS Gym. Les Misérables, one of the world's greatest literary classics, sold out its first edition the day it went on sale in 1862. Since then, it has never been out of print. ...

Mountain Home Elk’s Lodge recently made a donation to Elmore County Search and Rescue of over $6,000 worth of equipment. The funding to purchase this equipment came from a Grant that the local lodge was awarded by the Elks Grand Lodge, and the local Mountain Home Elks Lodge members...

On Feb. 20 at the American Legion Hall the County Planning and Zoning Commission met to deliberate on the Conditional Use Permit request from Jonathan Dodge. The Conditional Use Permit is for a Sand and Gravel Pit and the property is zoned as Agriculture...

The Mountain Home School Board met on Feb. 19 at the school administration office. The first item of the meeting was the swearing in of Vice Chairman Ralph Binion since he was not present at the last meeting. Next on the agenda was the good news portion of the meeting where achievements and awards are brought before the board. West Elementary Principal, Nikki Cruser, brought three preschool paraprofessionals up for recognition...

On February 23rd The Elmore County Republican Central Committee hosted the annual Lincoln Day Banquet at the American Legion Hall. Lincoln Day is the annual celebration and fundraising event held by the Republican Party. It is held annually in February or March depending on the county and often features a well-known speaker from the Republican Party...

Wednesday Feb 20 2019: The murder trial of accused Scott Riggs in the murder of Paula Ferbrache on Aug 25, 2017 continued with the State calling witnesses Elmore County Deputy Griffin, Elmore County Detective Parlin, ISP Detective Deebie and ISP Trooper Madenford throughout the day as only the beginning of a long list of witnesses. ...