Stories from Friday, July 31, 2009

Major improvements have been made at the Mountain Home Tigers/Royals baseball field at Eastside Park this summer. The renovation started with the tearing down of the old press box after the last home Tiger baseball game the end of April, and John Cristobal, Jr. and C-2 Construction began building a combined press box and concession stand building that was officially dedicated at the Mountain Home High School Alumni Baseball Game on June 20...

The Summer Reading Program at the Mountain Home Public Library is in its final week. Today, young crafters will be making bracelets or anklets with beads and jute. The projects are reminiscent of macramé. Thursday, July 30, "Hotel for Dogs" will be the featured movie...

Gov. C.L. Butch Otter has ordered flags at the State Capitol Building and other state buildings and facilities to be flown at half-staff on Sunday, Aug. 2, in honor of Spc. Randy L.J. Neff Jr. Neff, 24, of Blackfoot, who died in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on July 22. Services will be held at the Soldiers Chapel in Fort Carson, Colo., that day at 3 P.M...

Mava Terhaar, 51, an employee of the Elmore County Department of Motor Vehicles, was arrested Thursday night on charges related to the alleged embezzlement of more than $270,000 from the DMV office. After being booked into the Elmore County Jail on ten counts of misuse of public funds, following her arrest by Elmore County Sheriff's Office deputies, Terhaar posted $10,000 bond and was released...