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Teachers at schools across the Mountain Home School District prepared to provide the parents of their students with an update regarding the progress these children met during conferences scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 12.

Parents plan to meet with teachers for a progress report on their children nine weeks after the school district marked the start of the second semester of the 2025 to 2026 school year.

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Col. Saunya Bright, who commands the 366th Medical Group at Mountain Home Air Force Base, serves as the guest speaker at this year’s banquet.

Members from Mountain Home’s Black History Committee invite others in the local community to come together to celebrate a century of Black history commemoration during a banquet scheduled for Friday evening.

Celebrating its 38th anniversary in Mountain Home, the semi-formal event begins with social hour at 6:30 p.m. that evening at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, 325 South 3rd West St., with the program set to follow at 7:15 p.m.

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Plans to build a new school at Mountain Home Air Force Base come several months after a ceremony officially recognized Stephensen Elementary School the recipient of the national Purple Star School designation in honor of its support to military-connected students whose families live at the base.

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Six months after plans came together to secure more than $6.4 million to build a second elementary school at Mountain Home Air Force Base, federal lawmakers approved this funding as part of a national Community Project Funding effort.

Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, members of the House of Representatives approved this measure on a 341-88 vote.

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