Stories from Monday, January 18, 2016

Dustin Jewett from the city street department does the dirty work to vacuum up debris while Tom Dills from the wastewater department gets ready to shovel away additional trash as city crews worked to clear storm drains in the downtown area Jan. 6. After the recent period of wet weather and three days of above-freezing temperatures, the city's storm drains became clogged with trash, leaves and other debris that needed to be removed to avoid flooding along city streets. ...

Patricia Ruth (Pat) Battle, 81, passed away peacefully on Nov. 20, 2015 at her home in Mountain Home from renal cancer. Pat was born in Watsonville, Calif. She graduated from Campbell High School in 1952 and from San Jose State University in 1956 with a BS in Aeronautics. She was a member of Alpha Eta Rho (AHP), the national aeronautics fraternity, and she was the first woman to serve as an AHP Chapter President...

Alvin Lee Powers, age 68, was called home to be with Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, after a brief and sudden fight with cancer. Alvin was a beloved son, brother, husband, uncle, father and grandfather as well as a vital part of the Mountain Home community...