Stories from Thursday, April 2, 2015

The hillsides east of King Hill were starting to green up after several weeks of above average temperatures. Tiny buttercups, barely visible until people were standing over them, pushed up through patches of grass. But the springtime hillsides were missing something in their upper reaches -- sagebrush and bitterbrush that once flourished along the slopes. The native plants were victims of a large-scale range fire that raced through the area in 2009...

After a nearly 14-month delay, plans to build a charter elementary school in Mountain Home are set to resume this month. Recently, representatives from Richard McKenna Charter High School resubmitted a conditional use permit to build the alternative education facility on East 8th North Street...

1948-2015 Born Dec. 7, 1948 in Emmett Idaho. Passed away March 27, 2015 at the age of 66 of natural causes at his home in Tucson, Ariz. Raised and educated in Mountain Home, Idaho, and lived there until 2001 when he moved to Tucson, Ariz., to be with his son and grandchildren...