Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Richard McKenna Charter High School is setting sights on expanding its alternative education outreach by building a new school in Mountain Home. The proposed 22,000-square-foot facility on E. 8th North Street would provide classes for up to 170 students in kindergarten to sixth grade...

A traffic stop on I-84 near Mountain Home early Monday morning led to two people being arrested on drug charges. At 3:05 a.m., Idaho State Police pulled over a 2011 Infinity G37 on the interstate at milepost 84, near Mountain Home, for a traffic violation...

A Union Pacific railroad locomotive is believed responsible for triggering a small brush fire on the city's north side before the engine itself burned Nov. 9. City firefighters received their first call around 11:45 that morning regarding a brush fire in the vicinity of the Bastida Auto Salvage and Repair shop, located on Sunset Strip on the city's north side...

Janet and Dalvin Webb of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a daughter, Sofia Rose Webb, on Oct. 30, 2013, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. At birth, Sofia weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 20.75 inches long at birth. Paternal grandparents are Barbara and Dalvin Webb of Zachary, La. Sofia's maternal grandmother is Dianne Childress of Mountain Home...

Josephine Z. "Joe" Rankin, 86, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Victor LeRoy Boehler, 78, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at a Mountain Home hospital. A memorial service with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...