Stories from Thursday, May 26, 2016

State lawmaker Pete Nielsen had his hunting license suspended for one year and was ordered to pay civil penalties and other fines during a hearing at the Elmore County Courthouse May 17. Nielsen, who currently represents Mountain Home and surrounding communities, pled guilty to a single count of unlawfully possessing a spike elk with an anterless tag as part of an agreement he reached with the county prosecutor's office...

A Glenns Ferry man continues to recover at a Boise hospital two months after he was involved in a vehicle crash. Richard King II was heading to Jerome to umpire a baseball game March 11 when he was involved in a car accident that left him critically injured...

In an announcement last week, Mountain Home High School announced the new head coach for the Tigers' wrestling team. Scott Mederios will take over the program from Lynn Knudson, who will step down following a 25-year career with the Tigers, including 23 years as its head coach...

Sharon Arlene Rich, age 62 of Mountain Home, passed away on May 13, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday July 30, 2016, at the American Legion Post 26. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...