Stories from Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Mountain Home Arts Council will present mentalist Paul Draper at 7 p.m. this Friday at the Hampton Inn. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. Tickets are available in advance at Moxie Java, Phoenix Storybook Co., Curves or can be purchased at the door...

Mountain Home High School journalism students recently received top awards at the annual state journalism conference held at Idaho State University in Pocatello. The high school newspaper, The Tiger Tribune, and the school yearbook, The Prophet, were both selected as Best of Show by the judges...

The Mountain Home Tiger cross country team is hosting the second annual "Give Cancer the Boot" fundraiser on Saturday. The run will begin at Legacy Park and work its way along the walking path from the park to North 18th East Street. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Mountain Home Tiger head football coach Brian Floyd submitted his resignation prior to the game Friday night, which saw his team fall 22-15 to the Emmett Huskies to complete a winless season. "For right now, I just think it's time and something that I need to do," said Coach Floyd. ...

The Mountain Home Tiger girls cross country team finished sixth during the 4A State Cross Country Meet at Eagle Island State Park on Saturday. There were 15 full teams that raced with Bishop Kelly running away with the girls title with 58 points. Hillcrest was a distant second with 111, Jerome was third with 135, Skyview, fourth with 153 and Preston fifth with 155, which was 19 points ahead of Mountain Home's 173...

Sandy Derrick from the B&W Wrecker company starts to hoist a semi trailer off a concrete barrier near the intersection of South Main Street and East 12th South Street on Friday. The trailer lodged itself on top of the barrier after the driver took a corner too sharp as he turned off South Main Street across from the city animal shelter around 8:50 a.m...

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce hopes to boost the community's holiday spirit through a new initiative that's expected to make Railroad Park shine. Scheduled to start Dec. 2, the first-ever "Light Up Railroad Park" project encourages local businesses to set up lighted holiday displays along a stretch of North Main Street...

Kelly G. Wolfe, 56, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away peacefully with his family by his side following an illness on Monday, October 31st, 2011. Kelly was born June 16, 1955 in Boise, Idaho to Bob and Ethel Wolfe. He was raised in Burley, Idaho until the sixth grade, later moving to Mountain Home, Idaho where he graduated from high school...