Stories from Friday, May 5, 2017

The Mountain Home Arts Council is one of nearly 700 non-profit groups across Idaho hoping to receive their share of more than $1 million in donations during a yearly event scheduled for Thursday, May 4. Idaho Gives, the state’s largest single day of giving, is a 24-hour campaign that encourages people to support non-profit groups like the arts council, which is the only local area group participating this year...

A Mountain Home High School student walked away with a $1,000 scholarship with others earning individual honors during this year's Health Occupations Students of America state leadership conference, held recently in Boise. Out of the dozen students from Mountain Home that attended this year, six of them placed in various medical competitions...

The 70th Annual Camp Wilson barbecue runs from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Boy Scout jamboree site between Pine and Featherville. The barbecue concludes the weekend's activities while honoring Boy Scouts who take part in the jamboree. Open to the public, proceeds from the barbecue feed are used to support scholarships for Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry high school students in addition to other youth causes...

Elmore County's board of commissioners started their weekly meeting April 21 by addressing a resident's concern over a cell phone tower in the Silver Sage Estates subdivision. Randy Cunningham and Beth Bresnahan spoke to the commissioners over Cunningham's concern that increased radio frequencies and non-ionizing radiation have increased from the tower...