Stories from Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Students from the Elmore County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Class recently worked with staff members from the university of Idaho Extension Office and Advocates for the Elmore County Domestic Violence Council to build raised garden beds for the Evans Harmony House, which opened in November, 2019, as the first domestic violence safe house in Elmore County, filling a large void in the fight against domestic violence...

Congratulations to Kiara Rockins and Kinsey Cooney for taking a 7th place finish in the Health Career Display competition at the 2020 Health Occupations Students of America Virtual International Leadership Conference this June. This is the second year in a row that MHHS has placed in the top 10 and we couldn't be prouder that our Mountain Home students are competing and winning at an international level. ...

Nancy Kay Amell, 79, surrounded by family, went peacefully to Heaven early morning July 6, 2020. Nancy Kay Rambeau, was born April 15, 1941 in Orofino, Idaho. She was an only child and had many stories about growing up with her many aunts, uncles and cousins. ...

The Asian giant hornet, nicknamed the “murder hornet” by the media and the public, has been on the front page of varying news outlets and Facebook feeds recent weeks. It’s true binomial Latin name to entomologists and biologists is Vespa mandarinia and was discovered and named in the mid 19th century by Frederick Smith. ...

On the Fourth of July local dignitaries gathered in front of the Elmore County Courthouse for the official unveiling of the Veteran’s Memorial Monument. Speakers included Mountain Home native, Charles Abrahamson who emcee’d the event and is a former member of the Marine Corps, former State Commander of the American Legion and currently Idaho’s Department Adjutant of the American Legion; Col. ...