Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2025

"What was Vietnam?" The question on the young student’s mind seemed to pique their sense of curiosity. It began during a flag etiquette class hosted by members of American Legion Post 26 in which those hosting this program at Hacker Middle School all served during the Vietnam War...

UPDATE: The motorcyclist has been identified as SrA Kyra Badrian, a valued member of the 366th Healthcare Operations Squadron Idaho State Police continued its investigation into the factors leading up to a motorcycle crash that claimed the life of an airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base on Sunday. The single-vehicle crash happened around 1:17 p.m. that afternoon near milepost 14 on the Pine-Featherville Highway north of Mountain Home...

Students from local area schools join together as they write various messages of hope and support on the sidewalk along one of the city’s schools as they take part in the city-wide Chalk the Walk event on Sept. 10. Hosted by members of the MountainHomeBOLD and You Are More organizations, nearly 400 students and others in the local area, including those stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base, dedicated their time to write uplifting, positive messages written in chalk on the sidewalks and entry ways of schools in the local area.. ...

Elements of Elmore County’s history take the stage at the Glenns Ferry Opera Theater as local entertainers showcase a vaudeville show starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. Free and open to the public, the evening’s lineup includes a variety of 10 acts featuring performers from communities across the region with a game-show style emcee providing opportunities for the audience to laugh...

Plans to reinstate an advisory committee at the Desert Canyon Course gained the attention of the city council as they discussed this topic during a scheduled meeting Sept. 9. The meeting began as Decker Sanders sat before the council and urged them to look into this plan following their “less than productive” public meeting last month that left him concerned...

A woman accused of murdering her mother at their home in Prairie back in 2021 made an appearance before a court-appointed legal officer during a hearing held recently in Billings, Mont. Jocelynn A. Landers, 22, made her appearance via teleconference before Standing Master David Carter at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility in Montana...

Stehvn Tesar, principal at Bennett Mountain High School, adjusts the American flag on display on the south side of the school building as people in Mountain Home and communities across the United States paused to honor the memory of the people who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001...

A woman for a seat on the Mountain Home city council faced backlash last week following a post she shared on social media regarding the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10. Kellee Thomas, one of a group of people running for one of two seats on the city council, featured the post on her online campaign page in which she accused the noted author and media personality of being a “racist, xenophobic, transphobic, islamophobic, sexist, white nationalist mouthpiece.”...