Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Six months after plans came together to secure more than $6.4 million to build a second elementary school at Mountain Home Air Force Base, federal lawmakers approved this funding as part of a national Community Project Funding effort. Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, members of the House of Representatives approved this measure on a 341-88 vote...

A graduate from Mountain Home High School continues to lead efforts to return humanity back to the Moon as part of a manned mission scheduled to begin this week. Richard Koelsch, a 1998 graduate of Mountain Home High School, became part of the NASA team leading the Artemis II mission to send four astronauts to orbit the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission that ran from Dec. 7 to 19, 1972...

Recognizing her contributions to the Mountain Home community during the past 12 months, officials with the city police department took time last week to recognize their top performer of 2025. During a ceremony held at the start of a city council meeting Jan. 27, Mountain Home’s interim Police Chief Ty Larsen recognized Police Cpl. Lyndsi Tacke as the department’s law enforcement officer of the year...

I find it hard to believe that it’s now been 40 years since this nation witnessed a horrific tragedy that led to a three-year pause in humanity’s quest to explore the cosmos. It happened Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard...

Dear editor, We are facing the danger of our country and calling for a return to the principles that made America great. Our growing debt and deteriorating morals have driven us far from the founders’ intent. Media elitism and “political correctness” are out of control...

Messages of courage and sacrifices involving the nation’s military combat veterans gained a new perspective as junior high school students from the Richard McKenna Charter School took part in an event to honor the memory of these individuals. The Honor Museum Showcase held Jan. 23 led the school’s seventh- and eight-grade students to complete research projects to highlight these heroes, many of whom gave their lives to save the lives of others during various wars in this nation’s history...

The sounds of musical entertainment take the stage this week as the Mountain Home Arts Council presents “An Evening of Joy” this Saturday at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. Directed by Betty Ashcraft, the doors to the church open at 6:30 p.m. with the show set to start at 7 p.m. with tickets to the show available at the door...