Elmore County News

At one point the possibility of a nuclear power plant in Elmore County seemed to have stalled, but the controversial plan is far from dead.

The Annual Shop with a Cop Program kicks off with McCop Night at the McDonald's on Airbase Road in Mountain Home, from 5-7 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov.

Authorities at Mountain Home Air Force Base have identified the Airman who died over the weekend.

The base spokesman, Staff Sgt. Brian Stives, said in a prepared statement that the technical sergeant was from the 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

It was a job Daryl Page never expected to one day fill. He was quite content honing his skills as an outdoorsmen and using those talents to find and rescue those in need.

State health officials are confirming another death related to the swine flu. The state Department of Health and Welfare says the woman, who was in her 30s, had other medical problems and she is the first confirmed death associated with the swine flu in Elmore County.

The H1N1 virus has contributed to the death of an Elmore County woman in her 30s who had underlying medical conditions, according to officials of the Central District Health Department.

The public has a say on a proposed wind project near Glenns Ferry. Through November 25th, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will be taking comments regarding a proposed sales agreement with Idaho Winds Llc.

Crews from the Elmore County say they've found two missing hunters who went missing for a night.

Passing motorists saved a woman injured in a single-vehicle accident at milepost 129 on I-84 Monday after her vehicle rolled on the interstate and caught fire.

Elmore County officials in southwest Idaho say they are working with U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to send information to Mexico to extradite a man accused in Idaho of the 2002 killings of his girlfriend and her two young sons.

As debate continues over the fate of a proposed nuclear power plant in Elmore County, the company backing the initiative submitted an application Monday seeking an alternate site in Payette County for the generating facility.

Federal investigators have confirmed the identity of a Mexican man wanted in Idaho for the 2002 slaying of a mother and her two children.

A man sought by Idaho authorities for allegedly killing his girlfriend and her two sons in 2002 has been arrested in Mexico, officials say.

Mexican federal police have arrested a fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, Mexican authorities said.

A man wanted since 2002 in connection with a gruesome triple murder of his girlfriend and two of her young children, whose bodies were found in a burned-out car in rural Elmore County, has been arrested in Mexico, according to news websites in Mexico.

One of the FBI's most-sought fugitives, wanted for the 2002 killings of his girlfriend and her two young sons in Idaho, has been captured in Mexico.

TV Today's 6: Idaho's News Crash Near Glenns Ferry Kills One At approximately 1:18 PM on Thursday September 17, 2009, the Idaho State Police, and Elmore County deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash Westbound on Interstate 84 at milepost 117.5, near Glenns Ferry.

The Elmore County Search and Rescue team freed a 31-year-old Kuna man trapped inside a cave near Tipanuk around 11 p.m. Sept.

Three Elmore County women have tested positive for the West Nile virus. Two of them, a 35-year-old and a 67-year-old from Mountain Home, had symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization.