Stories from Friday, March 12, 2010

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2010 softball season this weekend at the Pre-Season SIC Tournament at Skyview. Mountain Home softball coach Chris Asbury was pleased with this year's turnout for softball. "We had about 30 girls turn out. Unfortunately, we can't keep them all, so we did have to make a few cuts, but it was a real positive turnout. ...

Teachers in the Mountain Home area got their first look at how police officers here would respond to a shooting at local area schools during a training exercise Friday morning. Nine officers with the city police department ran through the active shooters training course at Mountain Home High School to hone skills needed to protect lives and apprehend armed assailants...

Unexpected delays in needed construction have put its plans about four to five months behind schedule, but the Veterans Administration expects to open a new clinic in Mountain Home this summer. The Boise VA Medical Center recently awarded a contract to lease building space for a veterans' outpatient clinic at 815 and 809 N. 6th East St. near Elmore Medical Center...

Dear editor: Elmore Medical Center's Board of Trustees appreciates the positive support from the community and appreciates the concerns expressed by Dr. Baldridge and Dr. Jeffrey's patients when they learned Dr. Baldridge and Dr. Jeffrey's contracts with Trinity Mountain Family Practice Physicians Group, LLC, would not be renewed...