Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2025

While it might be a bit premature since I wrote this editorial after this week's newspaper went to press Monday evening before the votes were counted Tuesday evening, I want to extend my personal congratulations to many of the candidates who earned a vote of confidence from local voters...

With the federal government shutdown extending more than 30 days earlier this week, officials that oversee local food distribution programs in the Mountain Home area reported an increase in the public’s demand for these food supplies. After the shutdown began Oct. ...

The spirit of giving began on Saturday as people gathered at the community Elks Lodge during the 16th Annual Mountain Home Festival of Trees. This family-friendly event for all ages featured a number of holiday trees that representatives from various clubs and community organizations took time to decorate in the hours leading up to this year’s festival...

A Mountain Home man remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail in connection with a bomb threat at the county courthouse last January. Dustin A. Johnson faces a felony charge of communicating that threat in which employees at the courthouse found an envelope containing a letter alluding to an explosive device inside the building Jan. 11...

Trista Marshall helps her niece, Violeta Becerra pick out a pumpkin on display next to the city’s chamber of commerce office as they take part in the Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday. Hosted by the chamber’s business to business committee, people in the local area took time to check out the various booths and exhibits on display during the afternoon...

Looking to help students in the local community, representatives from the Mountain Home Lions Club provided money to local area schools as part of an effort to ensure none of these children and teens go hungry. Celebrating its second anniversary, Anita and Bryan Straw from the local Lions Club stopped by eight schools and provided each of them with $100 donations to support their school lunch program...

With the federal government’s ongoing shutdown continuing to affect airmen stationed at Mountain Home Air Force as well as their families, senior officials at the base addressed additional topics affecting those stationed there during a town hall meeting held last month...

In the weeks leading up to the holiday season, local businesses and citizens plan to join forces to donate and collect thousands of pounds of food to help those less fortunate during this year’s “Stuff the Bus” event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday...

 Bruce Morrison, 85, passed away at his home on October 26, 2025.  Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Idaho.

Veterans organizations in the Mountain Home area will pause to honor the nation’s armed forces and those who answered the call to duty during this year’s Veterans Day observance on Tuesday. Veterans Day represents one day set aside each year to remember the end of World War I and the brave Americans who served in the “war to end all wars,” said Sandy Castellano, commander of American Legion Post 26 in Mountain Home...