Stories from Thursday, January 14, 2016

An effort aiming to dissolve the Western Elmore County Recreation District took a step forward after a local citizens group filed a petition with the county courthouse Jan. 5. Headed by a local group titled "Stop the Madness," the petition seeks to gain the public support that, if successful, would disband the local taxing district...

Drivers in Mountain Home and cities across the state paid an average of $2.51 for a gallon of regular grade gasoline in 2015, representing the lowest that people paid in nearly six years, according to a report released last week by AAA Idaho. Just a year earlier, Idahoans paid an average price of $3.40 per gallon, which was seven cents above the national average...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers snapped a month-long losing streak on Saturday as the girls basketball team faces its toughest stretch of the season. During a five-game stretch, the Lady Tigers faced four of the top five ranked teams in the 4A division...