Stories from Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Mountain Home Tigers were driving towards the goal line Friday night against Emmett in their home opener. Trailing 6-0 to the Huskies, Mountain Home lined up for the final play of regulation, with the ball on the Husky eight-yard line. On a quarterback keeper, Jesse Cobos bootlegged his way toward the end zone and a tying score (and with the point-after try attempt, a chance for the Tigers to get a win)...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers returned to conference play last week and split their matches, beating Columbia but losing to Bishop Kelly. Mountain Home 25, 25, 25 Columbia 23, 23, 23 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up their first conference volleyball win of the season last Tuesday night, downing Columbia in three straight games by a 25-23 score at Columbia High School...

The Kelley Fire is now 97 percent contained after having burned 17,346 acres. Although the fire burned much of the area around the popular Baumgartner Campground, both the campground area itself and the hot springs were untouched. The fire is all south of the river there, although it did spot over the road just east of Baumgartner into Jumbo Creek...

While most small taxing districts were ignored by candidates, races for city offices in Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry will be hotly contested this fall. Incumbents Alain Isaac and Richard Urquidi, and former city councilman Geoff Schroeder, are all running for the two at-large city council positions in Mountain Home. Schroeder had declined to run in the last election in order to pursue some advanced schooling at BSU...

A free community safety fair event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the west side parking lot at Wal-Mart. The theme is "Volunteerism Always Pays." The city police department, fire department, as well as other public safety organizations and volunteer Wal-Mart employees will be manning the booths and a large number of displays at the event...