Stories from Monday, July 9, 2012

Bradley Jay Christiansen, 53, of Mountain Home passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at his home with his family by his side after an extended battle with melanoma. Services will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mountain Home Idaho Stake Center, located at 790 South Haskett Street, with a viewing from 10 to 10:45 a.m. ...

A fast-moving range fire east of Mountain Home prompted law enforcement officials to expand its evacuation order to homes and other restaurants and businesses north of town on Monday evening. Among the areas affected by the evacuation order include the Pilot service station and the Hampton Inn as the flames reached Exit 95 around 7:35 p.m.