Stories from Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2010 baseball season this Saturday at Burley with a doubleheader against Blackfoot. The Tigers are coming off a 13-18 season that saw them win the District III championship and go to state, where they went out in two straight losses...

Plans to build a new fellowship hall next to the Catholic church in the city's downtown area earned a second chance during a city council meeting Monday evening. On a 4-0 vote, the council overturned recommendations by the city's planning and zoning commission, which would have denied the church's conditional use permit to build the facility...

The issue of two doctors potentially being forced to leave the community spilled over into a public forum last week when a crowd of more than 40 people packed the meeting room of the Elmore Medical Center Board of Trustees demanding the hospital step in to resolve the matter...

Within the month, Congress will probably pass a bill described as comprehensive health care reform. It isn't, but it is a foot in the door -- which is what many of its opponents don't want. Over the years, we expect this legislation will be significantly modified -- hopefully in a direction that will lead to true reform...

Dear editor: I'm a very satisfied patient of Dr. Baldridge, along with my husband and daughter. I'm writing to ask all the patients of Dr. Baldridge and Dr. Jeffrys who can, to show up at the next hospital board meeting on April 7, at 7:30 a.m. to show our continuing support for our doctors...

Paul's Market was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night at about 10:30 p.m.

A Mountain Home contracting business faces a $44,500 fine following the death of a worker last September. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Bowman's Inc., saying the company violated federal work safety rules that led to death of Kelly Smith when a trench collapsed on him...

March 3 • 05:44 Vehicle Stop, Simco Rd MM8• 06:05 Vehicle Stop, Simco Rd MM4• 08:50 Bran, MH• 11:33 Runaway, MH• 11:42 Stolen Vehicle, MH• 13:32 Probable Subject• 14:41 K9• 15:48 Vehicle Stop, Tipanuk• 19:17 911 Hang-up, MH• 20:00 Vehicle Stop• 20:05 Warrant, MH• 22:45 Abandoned Vehicle, MH• 22:48 Abandoned Vehicle, MH• 23:18 Vehicle Stop, MH...

Antonia V. Ortiz, 68 of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at her home. A Rosary was held on March 10, 2010 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, a funeral mass was held on March 11, 2010 at Our Lady of Limerick in Glenns Ferry and burial followed at Glenn Rest Cemetery...