Stories from Monday, November 25, 2013

Sharon Ann (Spinti) Kirkendall, 65, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at her home. A graveside inurnment was held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

A Homedale man died in a single-vehicle crash near Glenns Ferry around 1 p.m. Saturday. Mario Gonzalez Jr., 46, was driving a 1991 GMC Sierra pickup eastbound on the interstate when the truck drifted off the right shoulder. According to eyewitnesses, the driver didn't apply the brakes or correct his steering. The truck then struck the end of a concrete barrier at the beginning of the Glenns Ferry overpass...

An airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base died during a hiking accident in Bruneau Canyon on Sunday. Airman 1st Class Alexander Van Meter, 22, was hiking with another person from the base near the Bruneau Canyon Overlook when he reportedly fell around 3 p.m., said Deputy Scott Snyder from the Owyhee County Sheriff's Department.