Stories from Friday, March 16, 2012

Representatives from local Girl Scout troops watch as Mayor Tom Rist signs a proclamation declaring this week as Girl Scout Week in Mountain Home. On Monday, the Girl Scouts of America celebrated its 100th anniversary with local troops marking the occasion with different observances. Photo by Brian S. Orban...

The Bureau of Land Management this month released public comments regarding a proposed large-scale powerline upgrade that would run through Elmore County. Public feedback related to the Gateway West Transmission Line Project comes six months after the bureau released the draft environmental impact statement...

On Monday afternoon, representatives with American Legion Post 26 stopped by Hacker Middle School to emphasize the meaning of patriotism and the significance of the American flag. Members of the Mountain Home post continued a tradition that at one point remained absent in the local schools for years...