Stories from Friday, April 19, 2013

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had a rough week, dropping three conference softball games. Kuna 15, Mountain Home 5 Kuna pounded out 17 hits in a five-inning 15-5 win over the Lady Tigers last Tuesday at Memmelaar Field in Mountain Home. Kuna struck for three runs in the first inning, seven in the second to take a 10-0 lead, and put the game away with four runs in the fifth to win by the 10-run rule, 15-5...

The Mountain Home Tiger track and field team has two meets this week, hosting Columbia and Caldwell in a meet at Tiger Field today, April 17, before traveling to Middleton on Thursday for the Middleton Invitational. Mountain Home competed at the Boise Relays last Friday at Donna Larson Park in Boise. The meet was a non-scored event, and featured mainly 5A teams, with Mountain Home and Bishop Kelly the only two 4A schools competing...

A graduate from Mountain Home High School will join a team of bicycling enthusiasts to ride across the United States to help raise money and raise awareness for affordable housing. Amy Hymer, who recently started her third year at Boise State University, is one of dozens of students involved in this year's Bike & Build effort...

A project aimed at improving public safety at key traffic intersections in Mountain Home gained a final green light by the city council last week. During a public hearing April 8, the council unanimously approved plans to install crossing signal equipment at two intersections that cross American Legion Boulevard...