Stories from Friday, January 3, 2014

Republic Services will begin collecting live Christmas trees starting Monday, Jan. 6, as part of its weekly trash collection. People with live trees are asked to cut them into four-foot sections and bundle the trunk and branches together before leaving them curbside...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers return to the basketball court on Saturday when they travel over to Jerome for a non-conference game. The Lady Tigers, 3-9 on the season, dropped a 59-56 contest to Jerome in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium on Dec. 18. Mountain Home girls basketball coach Brent Keener indicated their work over the holiday break included trying to improve their shooting...

Cody Ryan Cover, of Grand View, passed away Dec. 24, 2013, at the age of 23. He was born in Boise and spent his childhood in Kuna. He grew up racing BMX bikes. He inherited his love of racing from his father. If it had wheels, Cody was racing it. Cody was an avid outdoorsman. ...