Stories from Friday, March 23, 2012

The Mountain Home Tigers girls and boys tennis teams both lost to Skyview by 0-7 scores in Mountain Home's opening match of the season at Richard Aguirre Park in Mountain Home last Monday. In girls singles, Stephanie Farnsworth lost the #1 match, 1-6, 3-6...

Awards and letters were handed out last week at the annual Tiger boys basketball awards banquet. Tiger basketball coach Tony Kerfoot announced that J.T. Cristobal and Brent Sexauer had earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors, and both played in the District III 4A All-Star game...

The Mountain Home Tigers boys golf team placed third at a three-team conference golf match at Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell on March 12. Middleton won the match, shooting a 158 team total. Skyview was second with a 175 and Mountain Home came in third at 182...

Four of the Mountain Home Youth Soccer Association competitive league's teams posted wins with two others struggling as they faced teams from across the Treasure Valley last week. The following are highlights of this weekend's games, by age group. Middleton 2, Tigers 1...

City agencies and local civic groups will meet in coming weeks to iron out the details of their respective budgets as they prepare for the new fiscal year. Like other communities, Mountain Home operates under a fiscal year plan, which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30...

The Idaho Democratic Party will hold its 2012 Presidential caucuses in 36 of 44 counties on April 14. During these caucuses, state Democrats will select their presidential nomination and elect delegates to the state convention. 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...

Concerns over aircraft traffic at the city's airport prompted a newly formed company to cancel plans to move an existing fuel business to the city's west side. In an announcement March 8, representatives with Mountain Valley Industries LLC requested the city pull its request to build a bulk fuel and distribution center at the corner of Airbase Road and Highway 51...

Mountain Home High School's Talkin' Tigers finished fifth at the state's debate tournament while more than two dozen team members recently qualified to compete at Idaho's yearly speech event. Eight Talkin' Tigers took on students representing 26 high schools across Idaho during last week's debate finals at Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian...

Two students from Mountain Home High School will face the nation's top business students during an annual competition that starts April 25. Brandon Sams and Matthew Rueger were two of six students from the high school competing in the state's Business Professionals of America competition held earlier this month...

The Mountain Home Arts Council will present the Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre's production of Stellaluna at 7 p.m. April 5 at the Mountain Home High School gym. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students. Advanced tickets are available at Moxie Java, Phoenix Storybook Co., Curves or can be at the door the night of the event...