Stories from Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The timing of the groundbreaking for a new community recreation center prior to an election and doubts over its financial sustainability highlighted a series of topics aired at a community meeting on Monday. Hosted by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the political forum involved four candidates running for two seats on the Western Elmore County Recreation District...

Idaho's unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent in September while the state's labor force reached a historic record high of 800,000 people, according to a report released by the Idaho Department of Labor on Friday. A monthly increase of 5,000 nonfarm jobs offset general seasonal declines across Idaho's economy, the labor department reportedFor 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 School District's computer network received a significant boost due to a grant it recently received from the Federal Communications Commission. A majority of the $126,700 federal funding is helping overhaul the district's wide area network, or WAN, which provides Internet service to each of the schools in Mountain Home...

Last night, I witnessed an amazing event on the soccer field at Middleton High School. I watched your Tigers go down in defeat to the Middleton Vikings. The truth is that while they lost a futbol game, they were NOT defeated. I have watched the Tigers play three games this year -- once early in the season, once in the middle of the season and finally last night. They are without a doubt the most improved team in the conference. As the season unfolded, they were better each game I watched...

Dear editor, I think as a community, we need to have a better explanation for the YMCA (without a swimming pool) than dollars for maintenance. -- Joy Gill, Mountain Home

Dear editor, I walk out the door every morning wondering where our country went; how did it get hijacked right out from under us? Why are we so willing to "compromise" and "accept" what our parents, grandparents and founding fathers would not? We're paying a monumental price for it too, with more to come...

Shayne Clinton Baringer was born July 11, 1964, in Las Vegas, Nev., to Charles Clinton and Carolyn Baringer. He passed from this life in Anchorage, Alaska, on Oct. 13, 2015. Shayne graduated from Mountain Home High School in Idaho in 1982. After graduation, Shayne moved to Kodiak, Alaska, where he worked for a roofing company and also fished commercially...