By Kenneth Mullinax, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. May 14--Elmore County school officials will spend the next five years working to improve the test scores of the school system's black and Hispanic students.

By Volkert, Lora Atlanta Gold has changed the route to its planned Elmore County gold mine to allay concerns about truck traffic carrying chemicals near the Boise River.

By Volkert, Lora Boise residents last week urged the Boise City Council and Mayor David Bieter to throw up regulatory roadblocks to a gold mine proposed south of Atlanta in Elmore County. Atlanta Gold Corp., a Boise subsidiary of Twin Mining Co.

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Oct. 18--One of the largest natural cheese packagers in the United States announced Monday it will build a $27 million packaging plant near the Mountain Home Municipal Airport in Elmore County. Marathon Cheese Corp.

By Michelle Dunlop, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Oct. 13--MOUNTAIN HOME -- Sometimes, the squeaky wheel gets the attention.