What a major difference (05/23/12)
Last week's primary election here seemed like a classic case of "Dewey defeats Truman." The famed photo showed a sense...

They won the primaries, now the real work begins (05/16/12)
Our congratulations to all the candidates who earned a vote of confidence from local voters on Tuesday. For the first...

New blood badly needed to serve our communities (05/09/12)
Most of Tuesday's primary election is pretty much cut and dried with many candidates facing no opposition and...

A really terrible case of 'armchair quarterbacking' (05/02/12)
Today will come and go for most Americans, but for some it holds a very special meaning. This day marks a year since...

Texting and driving ban will save countless lives (04/25/12)
A state law signed this month will soon make it illegal for drivers to use text devices while they're behind the wheel....

Our service members deserve much better (04/18/12)
The telephone operators are gone. An office dedicated to helping people pursue higher education is down to a skeleton...

Base deserves support during F-35's next phase (04/11/12)
In just a few weeks, Mountain Home will once again host a team of Air Force officials looking at possibly bringing a...

It's important to pause and honor our heroes (04/04/12)
After everything that's happened over the past several days, the staff of the Mountain Home News wanted to take some...

It was well worth the wait (03/28/12)
After 18 months of waiting, the answers finally came during a phone call late Friday. For the first time in nearly 10...

Don't pass judgement until all the facts are in (03/14/12)
It seemed that the disturbing news spread like wildfire once the initial reports surfaced. While the investigation...

The people have spoken, will you speak as well? (03/07/12)
By the time the Mountain Home News hits the streets Wednesday morning, stories regarding the outcome of the Super...

Like it or not, we need proposed school levy (02/29/12)
While not everyone fully supported the final dollar amount, a group of individuals concerned about public education...

Efforts to get involved were too little, too late (02/22/12)
The photo on the front page of the newspaper had pretty much summed up what had happened. A group of high school...

Rumors & speculation only make things worse (02/15/12)
In 1979, stories started to circulate in newspapers and television about the death of Mikey -- the lovable child who...

Was that text message *really* that important? (02/08/12)
On Jan. 14, a Caldwell teenager died during a three-vehicle crash on the interstate just east of Mountain Home. Initial...