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Monday, December 15, 2025 BOISE – A federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment charging Charles Thomas Abrahamson, 56, of Venice, Florida, with charges of wire fraud and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. According to the Indictment, between approximately 2017 and 2024, Abrahamson was employed by a nonprofit veterans’ organization with a department in Idaho, and he served in various capacities, including adjutant and commander. ...

A former Mountain Home church pastor returns to court Jan. 5 to face charges of sexual assault following a preliminary hearing held Friday afternoon. Gregory W. Jones, who served as the head of the Liberty Christian Fellowship Church in Mountain Home for more than 33 years, faces a felony count of forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object in which the victim was prevented from resistance due to the use of an intoxicating, narcotic or anesthetic substance...

As winter road conditions led to two rollover crashes and a two-vehicle collision on the interstate east of Mountain Home on Dec. 18, officials with the Idaho State Police urged motorists to take time to check travel and winter road conditions before driving on state highways and other roadways...

Winds reaching speeds of more than 60 miles per hour on Dec. 17 led to a number of power outages across Elmore County. One outage reported at 9:36 a.m. that morning affected the residents of the Atlanta community in the northern area of Elmore County that also knocked out telephone communications for those living there...

A water main break at the intersection of Airbase Road and South 5th West Street that led to a road closure lasting a couple of hours on Dec. 8 prompted city officials to alert residents in the local area to remain vigilant due to the possibility of similar problems happening in coming weeks...

The spirit of the holiday season takes a new direction later this week as Mountain Home High School’s Encore Company presents “A Peter Pan Christmas” this Saturday. The show begins with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. that afternoon in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium with the second performance following at 7 p.m...

A group of people gathered at Mountain View Cemetery on Saturday to pay tribute to military service members across the United States as part of a coordinated, nationwide observance. At 10 a.m. that day, veterans in the Mountain Home community took part in an event that began that morning at more than 5,600 locations in all 50 states and 24 national cemeteries on foreign soil as part of year’s Wreaths Across America Day observance...

Just days after they claimed a number of awards and accolades during their appearance at a district-level competition, Mountain Home High School’s Encore Company team earned first-place honors during its appearance at this year’s state-level event. In addition, some of the team’s 36 students claimed additional awards as they showcased an assortment of theatric skills as they took part in the Idaho State Drama Competition, held Dec. 5 and 6 at Thunder Ridge High School in Idaho Falls...

It seemed the holiday spirit helped bring a spirit of warmth to the Mountain Home community. Following days of frigid rain and temperatures falling close to the freezing mark, the temperatures rose into the low 50s last Wednesday as hundreds of people of all ages packed into Railroad Park to take part in the community’s annual Christmas celebration...

I have to admit I’m one of the worst Christmas shoppers in my family. I’m one of those you probably read about in the news headlines -- the one person who seemingly waits until the last minute to do their shopping. But in all honesty, I tend to wait until the last minute because I keep convincing myself that I’ll start my shopping “tomorrow,” which then becomes “this weekend” and then “next week.” Before I know it, I find myself trapped in the Christmas carnage in hopes of finding something appropriate to put under the tree.. ...