Stories from Thursday, March 26, 2009

When the phone systems in three Mountain Home schools failed, the district decided it could no longer patch and repair the old and outdated system and decided to finally purchase and install a new, integrated phone system for the entire district. Superintendent Tim McMurtrey explained that the 16-year-old system was outdated, not cost effective and becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to repair...

An airman at Mountain Home AFB discovered the meaning of "open range" when he struck a horse in the early morning hours Monday, at milepost seven on Airbase Road near the tracks. According to Deputy Sheriff Sean Sterling, a pair of brown horses, normally contained, appeared to have been spooked by something and managed to get out onto the road, where an airman driving a 2000 Lexus L47 SUV stuck one of the animals. ...