Stories from Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Plans to build a new school at Mountain Home Air Force Base took another step forward earlier this month as Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of more than $6.4 million in federal funding to build this facility. Money to fund this project was included in the Community Project Funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act...

A court arraignment involving the senior pastor from a Mountain Home church accused of felony charges that included human sex trafficking got moved to September following a hearing held Monday morning. Gregory W. Jones, who served as the head of the Liberty Christian Fellowship Church in Mountain Home for more than 33 years, returns to court Sept. 15 to address these charges...

Community groups and other local organizations have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit their entries to take part in this year’s Air Force Appreciation Day parade. Preparing to celebrate its 65th anniversary Sept. 6, more than 60 groups already submitted the paperwork needed to take part in this parade event, which remains the largest of its kind in Idaho, officials said...

Some of them admitted they were a little scared. Others felt a sense of excitement. A few more looked ahead to the coming months and pointed out the various goals they hoped to achieve. These thoughts reflected the various perspectives students in the Mountain Home area shared as the new school year began last week...

Plans to adjust the fees some people pay to use the city’s outdoor pool facility highlighted a series of discussions the city council discussed during a scheduled meeting on Aug. 12. At issue involved a resolution that looked at charging people who live outside of Mountain Home an additional fee to use the pool complex compared to the money city residents currently pay to swim there and take part in various programs offered there...

Following a century of support to military veterans and their families in the Mountain Home area, people in the community gathered to officially celebrate the creation of an organization that continues to support those who served in the U.S. armed forces...

Robert “Bob” James Miller, 71, of Blackscreek, passed away Friday August 15, 2025 in Boise with his wife and son by his side. Bob was born June 1954 to Clay and Betty Miller, and was the youngest of 2 boys. His journey came to a quiet end after a prolonged battle with cancer. He battled cancer the way he lived, with strength and love...