Stories from Thursday, December 15, 2011

Mountain Home High School's theater group presents a new take on a holiday classic during their upcoming production Friday and Saturday evenings. The Encore Company presents "A SpongeBob Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. both nights in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened their conference boys basketball schedule last week with losses to Columbia and Nampa. Columbia 60, Mountain Home 55 The Mountain Home Tigers let one get away from them last Thursday night, as they fell to the Columbia Wildcats 60-55 in their SIC 4A conference opener in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped their fourth straight girls basketball game Friday night, losing to Kuna 57-52 on the road. Mountain Home led on a couple of occasions early, the last at 8-7, on a basket by Teresa Fredell with 1:57 left in the first quarter...

The early morning sunlight was no match for the icy breeze that chilled the men and women that gathered in a local park on Saturday morning. Despite the bitter cold, no one complained or had second thoughts about postponing the day's event. They had a sacred duty to perform...

December 7 • 06:25 Traffic, Hwy 51• 07:53 Animal, Old Oregon Trail• 09:00 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 10:06 Traffic, I-84 WB MM125• 10:49 Animal, SW Equine Pl• 11:54 Hazard, Airbase Rd• 12:12 VIN Inspection, MH• 13:19 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 13:23 Parking Violation, Glenns Ferry• 13:33 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 14:16 Vehicle Stop, N3• 14:27 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM116• 14:37 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 14:40 Traffic, Glenns Ferry• 14:42 Abandoned Vehicle, Frontage Rd• 14:42 Motorist Assist, Ditto Crk/Main• 14:51 Animal, Hwy 30• 17:11 Traffic, Hwy 30/Ditto Crk• 17:30 Collision, Property Damage, Airbase Rd• 17:42 Hazard, I-84 EB MM118• 17:55 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM117.7• 18:16 Collision, Unknown, I-84 EB MM100• 18:30 Assist, Glenns Ferry• 21:54 Collision, Personal Injury, Bypass Rd• 22:09 Domestic, Ash St• 22:24 Overdue, Old Hwy 30, Glenns Ferry• 23:02 Civil, Ash St. ...

Fifteen housing units at Mountain Home Air Force Base will begin their trek across the state Friday as part of a federal program aimed at helping a tribe in eastern Nevada. After leaving the base, oversized trailers carrying these housing units will travel on Highway 51 and use Airbase Road and Highway 30 to reach the interstate at the Exit 99 onramp, according to Reed Henderson from the state transportation department.

A new 4-H club has been formed in Elmore County. Its name is Mountain Home Menagerie because club members can work on many different kinds of 4-H projects except large animals according to Kathy Chick, club leader. We held our first meeting on October 29 of this year. ...