Stories from Friday, April 11, 2014

The Mountain Home girls won Friday's home track meet while the boys finished second. Mountain Home had eight first-place efforts in winning the girls' competition with 71.5 points. Kuna was second and Columbia third. Whitney Sandberg won the 100-meter dash, was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (with Alexandra Tatum, Jacci Cristobal and Tracey Gordon) and 4x200-meter relay team (with Jacci Cristobal, Kaitlyn Whiteley and Kristan Jackson), which both also took first. ...

The Mountain Home Tigers girls tennis team picked up a win at Jerome. Earlier in the week, they lost to Caldwell at Caldwell. Caldwell Girls 5 , Tiger Girls 2 Caldwell Boys 6 , Tiger Boys 1 The Mountain Home Tigers dropped a conference tennis match at Caldwell last Thursday, losing the girls' match 5-2 and the boys' 6-1...

Local residents have until 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, to submit their state and federal tax returns to the Mountain Home Post Office to meet this year's filing deadlines. The post office will accept tax returns from those opting to mail their returns throughout the day to ensure the envelopes receive an April 15 postmark...

The Spring Coffee House, hosted by the Literary Arts Committee of the Mountain Home Arts Council, will feature a reading and Q&A with Diane Raptosh, Idaho Writer-in-Residence (2013-2016) and former Boise Poet Laureate (2013). Scheduled for Friday, April 25, at the Best Western Foothills Inn, doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 7 p.m...

Dean Kenneth Rudisill, 7-month-old son of Fallon Gautrau of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...