Stories from Wednesday, August 17, 2011

August 10 • 01:14 Vehicle Stop, Hot Crk/Eureka Cave• 01:47 Traffic, I-84 EB MM120• 01:57 Assist, MH• 02:16 Abandoned Vehicle, N18E/Summerwind• 02:31 No Contact Order Violation, Glenns Ferry• 03:44 Subject Stop• 04:39 VEhicle Stop, I-84 WB MM95• 06:02 Welfare, Isaac Ln• 08:42 No Contact Order Violation, Glenns Ferry• 10:19 Civil Matter, W6S• 11:05 Traffic, I-84 WB MM74• 11:25 Traffic, I-84 WB MM119• 12:04 Assist, MH• 12:20 Assist, I-84 EB MM97• 13:04 Hazard, I-84 Exit 90• 13:07 Traffic, I-84 WB MM115• 15:44 Citizen Assist, Garrett• 15:47 Traffic, I-84 WB MM123• 15:50 Motorist Assist, Hwy 20• 15:58 Motorist Assist, MH• 16:41 Traffic, I-84 WB MM99• 16:43 Motorist Assist, Glenns Ferry• 16:44 VIN Inspection, N13E• 17:21 Collision Property Damage, Airbase Rd• 17:24 Hazard, I-84 WB MM111• 18:05 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 18:59 Motorist Assist, I-84 eB MM82• 19:05 Hazard, I-84 WB MM128• 19:40 Citizen Assist, Elk Valley Wy• 19:47 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM83• 20:55 Trespassing, King Hill• 21:48 Stolen Vehicle• 23:09 Subject Stop, MH. ...

Students returning to school today will find a number of changes from last year as the district struggles to maintain quality with declining revenue. District officials spent the summer trying to find ways to restore some of the cuts announced last spring -- or to modify them...

A former fugitive accused of killing a woman and two of her young children in 2002 faces arraignment in district court at the Elmore County Courthouse on Monday. During the final day of a preliminary hearing this week, Jorge A. Lopez-Orozco was bound over to district court to face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Rebecca Ramirez and her sons, Miguel and Ricardo...

Larry and Judy Gibbons celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family on July 30. They were married Aug.12, 1961, in Boise, Idaho. They settled in Mountain Home when Larry started his teaching career at Mountain Home High School, retiring 34 years later...

Wildfires in the Boise BLM District, most near Mountain Home, have burned nearly 137,000 acres since Sunday, but firefighters continued to make progress on the fires, calling four of them contained by Tuesday night. The four largest fires have occurred either in Elmore County or in Owyhee County just south of Bruneau...