Stories from Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Sunday morning Mountain Home residents woke up with anywhere between six to eight inches of snow at their homes. The hard hitting storm caused power outages, fallen trees and minor accidents around the area.

For more photos from the parade pick up an issue of this week's Mountain Home News

In a yearly tradition the Mountain Home Fire Department is now collecting letters to give to Santa and will be out and about helping Santa deliver his replies around town later this month. Some of the children’s letters will even be published in the Dec. 12 issue of the paper...

Dear Editor: I am disgusted with the recent restructuring of St. Luke’s Elmore. Our fellow Mountain Home resident Mike Blauer was dismissed as hospital site administrator last Friday. His position has been eliminated and will not be refilled. There is a new role that oversees the health services of McCall, Boise, and Mountain Home St. Luke’s hospitals. This shift takes away our local input into the large system...

St. Luke's is currently undergoing a realignment throughout its system of hospitals and clinics including St. Luke's Elmore. St. Luke's recently created the new roles of Population Health Vice Presidents who will oversee geographical regions of the health system. ...