Stories from Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Rain began drizzling across Mountain Home on Saturday morning as people continued to set up their chairs and blankets lining the city’s streets. However, the weather didn’t stop these thousands of people from gathering as they paused to pay tribute to the nation’s military during a community celebration...

Work to improve load roadways continues this week with city crews alerting drivers to remain prepared for possible delays or detours as a result of these scheduled projects. Following work to repave the asphalt in the Discovery Preschool parking lot and the tennis court lot at Richard Aguirre Park, crews plan to start work on the driveway at McKenna Drive on Tuesday and Sept. 17 followed by work a stretch of 5th Street on Sept. 19...

Working to promote positive mental health among students in the Mountain Home area, members with the MountainHomeBOLD and You Are More organizations host a “Chalk the Walk” event starting at 7:30 a.m. today, Sept. 10, at local area schools. During the morning, students will take time to use chalk to write uplifting, positive messages written in chalk on the sidewalks and entryways of these schools. ...

The whimsical events of noted playwright William Shakespeare take the stage on Sunday as the Mountain Home Arts Council presents “Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost” show starting at 2 p.m. in Carl Miller Park. Free and open to the public, the performance by the Boise Bard Players represents elements of “wit, romance and revelry under the stars,” said arts council executive director Chris DeVore...

Members from the local American Legion Auxiliary Unit 26 pose for a photo after they finished work to create gift bags to be presented to youth patients undergoing medical care at the St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center. Members from the auxiliary organization then delivered these gift bags to the local hospital recently...

The sense of numbness hadn’t gone away. The pain hadn’t hit yet. It was just a matter of time. When it struck, I knew it would take control. I still remember how it felt like a horrible nightmare embedded deep in the subconscious that had yet to awaken. The truth was just too much to bear...

Boat docks on the north side of Idaho Power’s Loveridge Bridge recreation access at the C.J. Strike Reservoir near Bruneau remain closed this week as work continues to upgrade docks and other facilities along the reservoir area. With the project expected to take up to two weeks to complete, the restroom and parking lot as well as the river access on the south side of this access area remain open...

Aug. 29 Nikki K. Davis, attempted strangulation, domestic battery and resisting arrest or obstructing a law enforcement officer Tyler D. Hurst, agents’ warrant James M. Sessom, domestic battery and no-contact order violation Dillon Tucker-Thorpe, misdemeanor arrest warrant...