Stories from Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Questions and concerns regarding the creation of a new international military combat training mission at Mountain Home Air Force Base involving military members from the nation of Qatar gained attention as city and base officials met with state representatives during a scheduled meeting...

Idaho State Police continued their investigation this week into a two-vehicle crash that led to the death of a man from McGregor, Texas, in the early hours of Nov. 17. The crash began as the 35-year-old man drove his 2017 Dodge RAM 2500 eastbound in the westbound lanes of the interstate when it collided head on with a semi-truck driven by 34-year-old man from Riverside, Calif., at 1:20 a.m. near milepost 102 east of Mountain Home...

Representatives with the Glenns Ferry Chamber of Commerce continued work this week on this year’s “A Ferry Merry Christmas” community gathering scheduled for this Saturday. The celebration begins at 4 p.m. as people gain an invitation to take wagon rides through the city’s downtown area with those rides scheduled to continue until 6:30 p.m...

The director of the special services office with a school district in northeastern Nevada earned his selection to serve as the interim superintendent of the Bruneau-Grand View School District starting next month. Dr. Kenneth Higbee, who currently works for the Elko County School District, plans to take over for Jeff Blaser, who became the rural school district’s superintendent three years ago...

Daniel Martin, the physical education teacher at West Elementary School, led a procession of kindergarten students around the school’s gymnasium Nov. 19. Each of them rode on bicycles they never expected to see that day. It began minutes before as school staff members and these young students gathered for an assembly in the gym. The curtains on the stage remained drawn together, hiding a collection of balance bikes waiting to be revealed...

City officials continued this week to accept reservations from local businesses, private clubs and community organizations wanting to take part in this year’s Enchanted Christmas parade. Scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 next to the Fire Station 1, the parade marks the first “official” appearance of Santa Claus in Mountain Home...

The spiritual message of the holiday season takes the stage starting Dec. 5 as the Glenns Ferry Opera Theater presents “Gift of the Magi.” The evening begins with a dinner served at 6 p.m. that day with reservations required with a matinee show scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and additional performances set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13...

Santa Claus announced plans to start collecting letters written to him by local children as part of a yearly program hosted by the Mountain Home Fire Department. Fire Chief Mark Moore, designated by Santa to be his local “head elf” for helping answer mail sent to the North Pole, plans to start checking the Santa’s Mailbox set up outside of Fire Station 1 at the corner of South 2nd East and East 2nd South streets...

A message of patriotism as well as the sacrifices made by the nation’s military veterans led a student from Mountain Home High School to earn national-level recognition earlier this month. Tanis Vedder, a junior at the high school, claimed the American Legion’s Western Division title during the annual Poppy Art Contest...

Pamela Lucille Brophy, 82, of Mountain Home, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at her home. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home.