Opinion

"We need more growth." These entrepreneurial "experts" who continue to know what's better for us than WE do need to move to Ada County or Twin to realize their fondest dreams of "growth, fame and fortune." When I came here in 1972, a population sign in Railroad Park read "3410." At the time, there were more bars than churches, yet still, you could leave town for three weeks, homes unlocked, keys in pickups, and all would be there when you came home. Would you risk that today?...

Dear editor, This letter is concerning some misinformation that was published in the 26 July issue of the Mountain Home News on the recall efforts on the WECRD board members. It was stated that the Daniel Dopps rodeo committee asked the district for an additional $40,000 for improvements at the Optimist park arena...

Dear editor, My name is Angela Ford, and I live in California. Several years ago, my father, Air Force Master Sgt. Wilbur Jeffrey, moved from California and made Mountain Home his forever home. He says he loves it there and will never leave again. I recently visited him and see how truly happy he is there...

Dear editor and taxpayers, At the regular board meeting of the Western Elmore County Recreation District on July 26, the board members voted to purchase the Rail Road Park from the railroad for $165,000. This means we, the property taxpayers in the WECRD, will be paying for maintenance, power and water and property taxes for a park...

Dear editor, My name is Angela Ford, and I live in California. Several years ago, my father moved from California and made Mountain Home his forever home. He says he loves it there and will never leave again. I recently visited him and see how truly happy he is there...

It is with mixed emotion that I sit to pen this. Brian Orban started with the Mountain Home News in August of 2009 when he retired from the Air Force. In January 2015, I had the distinct pleasure of promoting him to Managing Editor. Next Tuesday, Aug. 1, will be Brian's last full-time day at the Mountain Home News...

In the past week, our community was delivered a shock to our sensibilities with the news of a murder and suicide involving two of our community members. It is with sadness in our hearts that the Mountain Home News family sends hopeful thoughts and prayers for the healing of the two families who were most impacted by the events of last week...

Dear editor, Can you name the only modern, industrialized democracy which lets its citizens go broke or die — or both — because they can't afford medical treatment? If you say "the USA," you're right. In 2010, the U.S. Congress passed the Affordable Care Act which, for all its weaknesses, provided many more Americans with medical insurance coverage and brought us a little closer to the status enjoyed in other democracies. ...

Dear editor, On behalf of the "Streetwalkers" who represent the Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department, I would like to thank each and every individual who donated to our annual Fourth of July fireworks. I would also like to thank the many generous business owners, who give so generously to this community for the benefit of having a fun-filled family celebration and bringing everyone together for a safe and wonderful celebration of the birth of our Country...

Dear editor, Two days before Memorial Day, my daughter drove to Mountain Home to put flowers on her Dad's grave and some flowers on the graves of our friends. I had to move three years ago after my husband died because I couldn't maintain my house anymore. I miss my friends, but I have made many more here in Twin Falls...

Dear editor, The Mountain Home News came out today, June 28, and my aging parents had bought their usual copy and sat down to relax and read it. My mother called, and they were extremely upset because of what they had read in your paper in the police log section, and I quote, "Dorothy E. Marx, 54, felony probation violation."...

A little over a year ago, the Mountain Home Senior Center began our capital campaign to "Save our Kitchen." This grew out of a necessity to replace some very aging equipment. To replace this equipment, it was found that it was necessary to remodel and update the current kitchen to bring our 40-year-old kitchen up to current codes to continue one of our main functions to provide congregate and home-delivered meals...