Stories from Thursday, July 30, 2015

People from Mountain Home and surrounding communities will relive the traditions, culture and language of the Basque people during an annual festival Aug. 8. Organizers will hold the community's 55th Annual Basque Picnic at Basque Park next to the Bengeochea Hotel...

A measure aimed at making needed repairs to schools across the Mountain Home community will go to a vote next month. The school district is asking voters to approve a plant facility levy during the Aug. 25 election, which would run over a five-year period in the amount of up to $1 million per year...

Kirk Robert Pruett, 32, died Saturday morning, July 25, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Kirk was born in Boise, Idaho, on July 15, 1983. He was raised through seventh grade in Glenns Ferry then moved to Kuna and then Boise, where he graduated from Capital High School...