Stories from Saturday, April 8, 2017

After a hacking incident compromised roughly 170,000 of the state's 530,000 job-seeker accounts, the Idaho Department of Labor established a toll-free number to help those affected by the computer breach. The hack involved America's Job Link, a Kansas-based system that operates the department's IdahoWorks job search engine...

Lynlee Lord, executive assistant with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, holds up $50 in chamber bucks presented to her by Air Force Appreciation Day Chairman Randy Valley and chamber executive director Renae Green after Lord won this year's AFAD theme contest. The winning phrase, "Bold Stipes, Bright Stars and Brave Hearts," will tie into the overall theme of this year's military appreciation event, which begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 9...

Honoring her years of service to the Mountain Home medical community, the St. Luke’s Elmore Foundation board of directors honored one of its volunteers last week. Connie Cruser, a retired nurse, has been on the foundation board since it formed in 2001, and has served as its chairperson the last six years...

As part of an ongoing effort to restore forest land damaged during the 2013 Elk Complex fires, the Mountain Home Ranger District will temporarily close National Forest System roads northeast of Mountain Home. The closures will allow crews to plow these roads and prepare areas for spring planting of various conifer species, primarily ponderosa pine...

During a ceremony last week, the Mountain Home Elks Lodge held its annual installation of officers for the upcoming year. The following is the list of this year's officers and the offices they will hold over the next 12 months. Back row: Esteemed Leading Knight Tom Narramore, Five-Year Trustee Daniel Lasuen, Three-Year Trustee Eddie Casso Lopez, Tiler Theresa Wilson, Treasurer Tim O'Connor, One-Year Trustee Michael Knox and Four-Year Trustee Jack Donahue; middle row: Esquire Cristena Ford, Esteemed Lecturing Knight Stacy Swenson and Secretary Jim McCluer; Front row: Exalted Ruler Lorin Ford and Inner Guard Annette McAlpin. ...

A water pipeline project aimed at directly supporting Mountain Home Air Force Base remains on track as work begins to design the infrastructure needed to move this resource from the Snake River. The Idaho Water Resource Board received an update on the base's water sustainability project during a meeting March 24...