Stories from Friday, November 27, 2009

As families and senior citizens struggle to make ends meet with the holiday season approaching, the need for food for those most in need continues to grow in the Mountain Home community. Demand for services from places such as the El-Ada Community Action Partnership office in Mountain Home more than doubled in the past year, said Terri Cornford, county coordinator for the local support agency...

Officers with the Owyhee County Sheriff's office responded to an accident involving a male juvenile Thanksgiving Day south of Bruneau. The youngster was driving a dirt bike on Old Silver City Road at the time of the accident. An air ambulance flew him to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise...