Stories from Wednesday, January 21, 2026

The Mountain Home City Council featured a “changing of the guard” at city hall last Tuesday evening during the official swearing in of the city’s two new councilmen. Decker Sanders and Brendan McCarthy were among six people running for the two city council seats during the elections held Nov. 4...

A message of unity and peace took the stage on Saturday as people in the Mountain Home community gathered to honor the memory of one of the nation’s civil rights leaders. Pastors, city officials and others in the local area met at the Elks lodge in Mountain Home during this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast...

The Mountain Home Public Library reopened Jan. 12 after a plumbing problem led to the closure of the building three days earlier. Initially identified as a “significant plumbing emergency,” the library staff closed the building the evening of Jan. 9 due to the problem that required immediate attention and facility remediation, said city spokesperson Nikki Stornetta...

Following 32 years of service to the citizens of the Mountain Home community, the city’s fire chief announced plans to retire in coming weeks. Mark Moore started serving as the head of the Mountain Home Fire Department in August 2016. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper’s online edition...

A symbolic gesture representing an ongoing effort to restore elements of Mountain Home’s historic past brought together dozens of people from the community as they witnessed the start of a project aimed at revitalizing Railroad Park. Shovels chewed their way into the soil located along a stretch of the local park as Mayor Rich Sykes teamed up with city officials, business leaders and representatives from various community organizations to fling this soil into the air during a ground-breaking ceremony held Jan. ...

Honoring their accomplishments in the local community over the past several years, members from the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce plan to recognize their man and woman of the year during the chamber’s annual installation banquet Saturday. An event spanning more than 80 years, this year’s chamber of commerce installation banquet begins with a social hour at 5 p.m. that evening at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, 325 South 3rd West St...