Stories from Friday, November 20, 2015

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Local residents are expected to pay slightly more for the water they use after the city council approved a three percent rate hike Nov. 9. During last week's public meeting, Mayor Tom Rist said the city has consistently increased the fees it charges for water over the last five years...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The fate of a contested subdivision north of Mountain Home remained undecided as the county commissioners continued to debate the issue on Friday. During their regularly scheduled meeting, the commissioners met again to discuss an denied appeal on a conditional use permit filed by Jim Carrie in his quest to subdivide a 65-acre plot of land into a 53-home rural subdivision...

Keith Ardell Johnson, 83 of Mountain Home, returned to his heavenly home on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, after over a year-long struggle from a stroke. A viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...