Stories from Thursday, November 8, 2012

Jorge Lopez Orozco was found guilty Thursday of three counts of first-degree murder in the 2002 slaying of Rebecca Ramirez, 29, and her two children, Miguel, 2, and Ricardo, 4, some time between July 30 and Aug. 1 of 2002, whose bodies were found in a burned-out car in southeastern Elmore County...

Long-standing traditions and new ideas will return to Mountain Home next month as the city's chamber of commerce presents its annual Christmas Parade of Lights. Scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 next to the Fire Station 1, the parade will mark the first "official" appearance of Santa Claus in Mountain Home...

Artists from Mountain Home and across southern Idaho will gather to showcase and sell their work during the 7th Annual Art at the Inn event. Hosted by the Mountain Home Arts Council's Visual Arts Guild, the show will open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Hampton Inn and Suites on the city's north side...

The Mountain Home Historical Society will hold its annual "Back in Time" Victorian Christmas Tea on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 8, at the museum. The cost is $10 per ticket to attend. Call the museum at 587-6847 for ticket information. 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...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2012-13 girls basketball season this weekend with non-conference games against 5A foes Timberline and Eagle. After a week of practice, Mountain Home girls basketball coach Brent Keener was liking what he has seen from his Lady Tigers...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has increased its offer to a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who illegally poached a sturgeon, probably near the King Hill pump station on the Snake River. The head of the fish, a species that has existed for 200 million years, was found in the river near the pump station. Idaho Fish and Game Conservation Officer Jeff Day said that based on the size of the head he estimated the sturgeon was six- to seven-feet long...