Stories from Thursday, April 14, 2016

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The Elmore County Commissioners continued to question Idaho Waste System's general manager about trash hauling and landfill issues. Jack Yarbrough and the commissioners have been in both informal and formal negotiations over the last nine months regarding a long-standing landfill agreement dating back to 1997...

With this year's tax filing deadline just five days away, the Idaho State Tax Commission urged residents to remain alert to fraud cases targeting taxpayers. From 2014 to 2015, the tax commission saw a 64 percent increase in stolen identities used to file Idaho income tax returns...

The spirit of friendly competition returns to Mountain Home High School next week during a community dodgeball tournament. With local businesses, government and private organizations, civic groups and students open to forming their own teams, the event is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. April 27 in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...