Stories from Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Residents in Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry plan to see a change in local leadership as people cast their votes for those filling seats on the city council in both communities while selecting the next mayor of Glenns Ferry. According to the unofficial results posted by the Elmore County Elections Office on Nov. 4, Decker Sanders earned 845 of the 3,908 total votes cast that day with Brendan McCarthy receiving the support of 817 voters in the Mountain Home area...

Following years of numerous challenges to the nation’s strategic military posture that continues to evolve, airmen at Mountain Home Air Force Base welcomed their new commander during a ceremony last Tuesday. Col. David Gunter took command of the wing from Col. David Alfaro, who recently returned to the base following a scheduled deployment to an undisclosed location overseas in support of combat operations in the Middle East...

Madison Arellano, a Girl Scout from Troop 968 in Mountain Home, rakes up leaves that covered the lawn of a home on South 5th East Street as others from the local Scout troop work to tidy up other areas around the home during this year’s “Rake Up Mountain Home” event on Saturday...

Nate Green, veteran outreach director from Senator Jim Risch’s office, joins the senator’s regional director Kevin Arkoosh as they present American Legion Post 26 Commander David Jett with a message from the federal lawmaker during a meeting at the post headquarters last week...

Kain Rudisill works to load donations of food into the crates set up in a school bus provided by the Caldwell Transportation Company as people in the Mountain Home area provided various food supplies during this year’s “Stuff the Bus” campaign on Saturday...

The Mountain Home Visual Arts Guild hosts its 19th Annual Art at the Inn from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Mountain Home. Free and open to the public, this family-friendly event showcases artists from the local area featuring a diverse array of locally created art, including watercolor, oils, stained glass, handmade jewelry, photography, mixed media and more...