Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Dear editor, The St. Luke's Elmore Foundation Board would like to thank Vicki Bermensolo and all the wonderful members of the Mountain Home Fire Department for their efforts to raise money for Breast Cancer screenings. Their T-shirt project was very creative and a wonderful way to raise money and increase awareness...

City street crews expect to begin a series of road projects in coming months following initial approval of these recommended improvements. During a meeting Jan. 26, the city council unanimously voted in favor of a revised list of street projects that cover selected areas across the city...

Internet safety, bullying and the dangers of smoking marijuana highlighted a list of topics discussed during a briefing at Mountain Home High School on Friday. Hundreds of students gathered inside Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium to listen to a presentation from Officer David Gomez, a school resource officer with the Meridian Police Department...

A Mountain Home woman died late Tuesday evening in a shooting incident. Police responded to a residence located off Rockridge Drive around midnight following initial reports of a shooting. Officers entered the garage of the home and saw the 38-year-old woman unresponsive and not breathing with extensive bleeding from her abdominal area. Police began life-saving measures until ambulance crews arrived...

Lillian Stump, age 76 of Shoshone and formerly of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at her home. Services will be held on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns Ferry. A viewing will be held from noon to 12:45 p.m., funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. and burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.