Stories from Saturday, February 25, 2017

Mayor Rich Sykes is joined by representatives from the Mountain Home Black History Committee as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring the month of February as Black History Month in Mountain Home. The proclamation gathering on Feb. 15 came as the community prepared to celebrate this year's Black History Month banquet on Friday. ...

Sandra Hankins, a sixth grade teacher at Hacker Middle School, meets with Hayley Mitchell and her mother, Tanya, during a parent-teacher conference Thursday afternoon at the school. Parents across Mountain Home met with teachers for a progress report on their children shortly after the third semester of the academic year began. ...