Stories from Friday, July 29, 2011

Fall sports programs at Mountain Home High School will get underway soon. The following list notes opening dates for various programs. Football Mountain Home High School's football squad will hold its season kick-off dinner from 6:30-9:15 p.m. on Aug. 4...

Mountain Home will host the annual conference of the Idaho Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Association from Aug. 25-28. At least 100 representatives from volunteer fire departments and EMS groups around the state are expected to attend. The organization was formed five years ago by Mountain Home Fire Chief Phil Gridley, who still serves on its board of directors, along with local firefighter Elsa Guillen...

Details of the man's life remained hidden away in the thousands of letters, speeches and documents stored in the school's research library. Page by page, they chronicle the life of a quiet, shy individual who went from poverty to notoriety before fate cut short his chance at greatness...