Stories from Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Mountain Home will welcome 25 athletes and three coaches from Uzbekistan as a host city for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The athletes, 19 floor hockey players and six snowsnowers, will arrive in Mountain Home on Feb. 3. Athletes and coaches will stay with host families until the start of the Games, Feb. 7, to acclimate to the area's weather and culture...