Stories from Friday, June 18, 2010

Just months after winning her seventh back-to-back state motocross title, a Mountain Home teen has now set her sights on a national crown after qualifying during regional-level competition. Cierah "C.J." Bish finished third during regional finals held over the weekend in California to earn one of 42 seats at the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships...

Throughout Mountain Home Saturday teams from Mountain Home Air Force Base gathered to help "Paint the Town." The annual event featured ten homes in the community in need of paint and repairs. The homes belonged to elderly or disabled individuals who were unable to do the work themselves...

Mountain Home Lady Tiger pitcher Nickayla Skinner has been selected as the 2009-10 Gatorade Idaho Softball Player of the Year. At the recent team awards banquet Mountain Home Lady Tiger softball coach Chris Asbury indicated the award would probably be coming, but at the time he had not received the official word. Now it is official...

Dear editor: So Tim Corder, who won the Republican Primary, was not selected to be a delegate to the state convention. Boo hoo. Let those Tea Party Looney Toons play by themselves. Ginger de la Motte

Two people were injured in a single-car rollover on I-84 at milepost 100 Friday morning. A female victim from the compact car was taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. A male victim was transported by ground ambulance to Elmore Medical Center...