Stories from Wednesday, July 16, 2025

“Don’t bee ‘square’ – bee at the fair” represented the theme organizers shared as people from communities across the county and Idaho prepared to take part in the Elmore County Fair and Rodeo, which begins today, July 16, at the fairgrounds in Glenns Ferry...

After three years of planning, a project aimed at revitalizing Railroad Park prepares to move forward this month as work begins to renovate the community gathering place along a two-block stretch of Main Street in the city’s downtown area. Known as the Railroad Park Plaza, the project includes the construction of a community activity gathering space along with a children’s playground as well as a splash pad that may eventually transform into a skating rink throughout the winter...

A child sustained minor injuries as a result of a bullet that hit a vehicle on the interstate Saturday afternoon. Elmore County sheriff’s deputies and county emergency responders were dispatched to the highway near milepost 114 around 1:47 p.m. that day following a report of an object that pierced the vehicle’s front windshield and injured a toddler before it exited through the rear window...

A Meridian man is due back in court this Friday following a shooting incident on the interstate that led to his arrest July 8. Lance S. Dunlap faces felony charges of aggravated assault involving a deadly weapon or instrument in connection with what was reported as “road rage.”...

Plans to restore a dispatch agreement between Mountain Home and Elmore County took another step forward as the city council addressed a revised version of this document as they met during a scheduled meeting July 8. The meeting continued a series of discussions involving emergency dispatch services, which looked at possibly ending after city officials failed to make a payment for these services before the deadline last November...

I must admit that I’m getting sick and tired of the non-stop political bashing I watch every single day in which those of certain political ideologies refuse to listen to those with different perspectives. It’s reached the point in which these political opponents are now calling for the assassination of those they disagree with – actions that should put all of these people in prison...

Dear editor, How about those fireworks! I am a Mountain Home native and have been associated with a group called “The Streetwalkers” for 35 years. The group was formed by a woman who had a vision to make Mountain Home’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display something special...

Nearly 50 years after a fire swept through a relic from Idaho’s pioneer days and sent it crumbling to the ground, work continues to restore this chapter of Elmore County’s history. Over the past 10 years, teams of researchers, archeologists and others in Idaho dedicated their time and efforts to rebuild the historic Canyon Creek Stage Station, which represents one of the last remaining structures in the county directly connected to the Oregon Trail...

An outdoor grill located within the proximity of combustible materials represented the cause of a fire that set fire to two homes on the 800 block of North 6th East Street on July 3, according to an investigation led by the Mountain Home Fire Department...

Plans to close an elementary school in the rural school district south of Mountain Home remained on hold for one more year as plans continued to consolidate classrooms at its two elementary schools into one building. During a public meeting July 8, members of the Bruneau Grand View School District’s board of trustees unanimously voted to keep its elementary school in Bruneau open during the 2025 to 2026 school year as district officials looked at taking steps needed to close it before the 2026 to 2027 school year starts.. ...

Idaho Power’s recreation access point at the C.J. Strike Reservoir remains closed as work continues this week to upgrade the docks in this area. The closure affects an area known as The Narrows, located on the left bank of the Bruneau River upstream from where it enters the reservoir, in which contractors began work July 10 to replace the existing stationary piers located there with floating docks...