Stories from Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Members of the Mountain Home Fire Department continued their investigation into the cause of a fire that caused significant damage to two homes on the 800 block of North 6th East Street on July 3. The fire began in an enclosed carport of the home, located across the street from the Department of Veterans Affairs Mountain Home Clinic building...

Two people remain in custody in Idaho and Montana following a four-year investigation that connected them to the death of a woman in Prairie. Lee Landers and Jocelynn Landers face felony charges in connection with the death of Melissa Landers, who was found dead at a residence on South Landers Lane in the rural community July 10, 2021...

A thunderstorm that ripped across Elmore County earlier in the day and blanketed the area with high winds and heavy rain prompted people to bundle up later that evening as they gathered at the Desert Canyon Golf Course as they helped celebrate the 249th anniversary of the nation’s independence...

A review of city policy late last month prompted officials to cancel drug testing conducted at the Mountain Home Public Library by a Treasure Valley company. Representatives with the Wienhoff Drug Testing organization reserved and paid the reservation fee to use the meeting room on the back side of the library to perform random drug testing involving people from the Mountain Home area...

I still find myself in a state of disbelief days after it happened. As I continued reading the news headlines, I found myself struggling to understand the motives behind what happened. It began after a 20-year-old man deliberately started a brush fire near Coeur d’Alene. As the first responders arrived on scene, they simply asked him to move his vehicle...

I’m not sure how many people have noticed Mountain Home’s newest industry – the Thistle Farm on West 5th North Street. Please feel free to drive by and take a look. The plants are “free,” so stuff some in your car. The owner of the property no longer lives in Mountain Home, so he assumes no responsibility for maintaining this land...

Looking to provide additional support to students and families in the Mountain Home community, officials with the Mountain Home School District approved plans to relocate a portable building from Mountain Home High School to the campus at Bennett Mountain High School...

Looking to provide safer, easier ways for people to climb aboard their kayaks on the Snake River, city officials gathered at a boat docks in Glenns Ferry to officially open a new way for people to enter this waterway. During a ceremony held June 27, Glenns Ferry Mayor Billy Galloska cut the ribbon to celebrate the kayak launch site at the Eddie Bostic Recreation Area...

“There they are!” The steady, thunderous rumble caught the person’s attention as they stood up and focused their attention toward the north side of town. Others did the same as they took advantage of the vantage point along the sidewalk next to the Mountain Home Police Department...