Stories from Wednesday, July 24, 2013

King Hill Rural Fire District crews responded to a string of fires along I-84 between milemarker 123 to the Elmore/Gooding county line last Tuesday. The string of fires continued eastward into Gooding county that afternoon, where firefighting efforts there were taken over by that county...

The engagement of Sara Perkins to Burl Cavanaugh has been announced. Perkins is the daughter of Sandra Perkins of Sonora, Calif., and the late Earl David Perkins of Glenns Ferry. She is a 2007 graduate of Sonora High School and is employed at Diestel Family Ranch...

Robert and Judy Lemieu of Bruneau, and Ed and Kareen Welsh of Nampa, have announced the engagement of their son, Blake Welsh, to Brenda Ochoa Lloyd, daughter of Cindy and Perry Lloyd of Soda Springs. Blake is a 2006 graduate of Rimrock High School in Grand View. He participated in baseball, basketball, football and letterman's club...

Dear editor: Yes, the squabble became a bit too much. Thank you for putting a halt to it. Of course, I have to show my appreciation for the bit about a paperless society. Just tan't so. The more I work with paper the more I discover the importance of paper in our society...

Dear editor: I am writing to you in an effort to address a health issue that I see on a daily basis, people are drinking sodas, juices and other sugar-based drinks instead of water. This concerns me because people are getting sick and dehydrated during our heat wave...

Dear editor: On the issue of the meat processing plant/feed lot, that is proposed to go in just west of town, I have serious concerns as to whether the increase of 500 local jobs are going to be worth the smell that a feed lot is going to generate and be blown over the town by the prevailing winds...

Dear editor: Are we progressing or regressing? It seems the supreme court can't make up it's mind about sodomy, leave it up to the individual states. Let me help you make up your mind. From Websters dictionary: sodomy; unnatural copulation between same sex, or between animals and humans. ...

The Elmore County Fairgrounds is in quiet repose now. The bustle of last week's Elmore County Fair and Rodeo is a fleeting memory as groundskeepers hustle to catch up with watering and mowing and the exhibit hall and livestock barns get a final once over...

Crime in Mountain Home dropped to a 10-year low in 2012 while numbers spiked elsewhere in the county, according to an annual report released by the Idaho State Police. The county had a total of 1,047 reported offenses during the 12-month period with nearly 800 of those crimes occurring within the city of Mountain Home...

An airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base was found dead by Boise police the evening of Tuesday, July 23. The body of Sandy Bojo, 25, of Meridian, was discovered at the Boise Outlet Mall.

Bruce E. Bedell, 59, of Glenns Ferry, passed away at his home in Glenns Ferry on July 11, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., on Friday, Aug. 23, at Glenns Ferry High School. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

BOISE - Improving safety does not always mean widening a roadway, adjusting the speed limit or installing a traffic signal. Along a critical highway corridor on Interstate 84 east of Boise, Idaho Transportation Department crews will take other measures to safeguard drivers...

Michael Joseph Covey, 40, died Friday, July 19, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. Mike was born on Dec. 5, 1972, in Anchorage, Alaska, the third son of Larry and Sandy Covey. Mike was an adventurous boy from the moment he was born. When he was young, a bone disease had him in leg braces and crutches, but that didn't slow him down. ...