Stories from Saturday, March 26, 2016

Five local area high school students will see how local, state and federal governments function first-hand during an upcoming mock government exercise. Students selected for the 2015 American Legion Boys State will represent Mountain Home High School and Richard McKenna Charter High School during the event, which runs from June 5 to 11 at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa...

Students representing Mountain Home High School took high marks with one earning the right to attend a national-level event following their participation in the Business Professionals of America state tournament, which wrapped up March 11 at Boise State University...

Mountain Home's track and field team found the competition tough but the Tigers saw some improvement on the season as they competed against Bishop Kelly and Kuna on Friday. The Knights dominated the competition in the men's and women's events with the Kavemen a distant second with the Tigers finishing third overall...