Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2018

On a cooler afternoon and evening then we have seen in weeks the community of Mountain Home came together at the Historic Basque Park on Aug. 4. Each August people converge on the park for a day of festivities celebrating the Basque culture. Though many in the crowd can trace their ancestry back to the old country in the Basque region that encompasses portions of Spain and France the picnic has became a tradition for all of Elmore County whether of Basque heritage or not. ...

On the evening of July 26 the Elmore County Commissioners held a public hearing on the Cat Creek Energy project. The hearing focused on amendments to the Developmental Agreement which was a condition of use when the conditional use permits were granted to CCE by the commissioners in Feb. ...