Stories from Wednesday, January 29, 2003

School board chairman Jim Alexander says the Mountain Home School District is facing the toughest financial year since he became a member of the board 15 years ago, and cuts in personnel are possible. Last year, in the face of state-mandated budget cutbacks, the district took the risk that the state would be able to make up the shortfall this year, and adopted a negative funds balance, projecting it would go in the red by about $500,000...