Stories from Friday, December 25, 2015

Three months after he lost his father to cancer, a Mountain Home teen is hoping to make a difference in the lives of others battling the disease. Benjamin Smith, a sophomore at Mountain Home High School, donated his own hair to an organization that makes wigs for children undergoing cancer treatment...

The Mountain Home Barbell Powerlifting Team earned six first-place awards and set 42 state records during the Idaho State Powerlifting Championships, held Dec. 12 in Boise. Fielding a team of 10 athletes, the Mountain Home competitors also took home four second-place medals at the meet...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News Following a process spanning several weeks, the county commissioners approved a plan to build a large-scale subdivision just outside of Mountain Home. In a meeting on Friday, the commissioners voted in favor of a conditional use permit submitted by Jim Carrie, who plans to to subdivide a 65-acre parcel of land...