Stories from Thursday, November 3, 2016

Mountain Home High School's soccer season was met with smiles and tears as players and coaches gathered last week during this year's awards banquet. The evening began with comments from junior varsity coaches Brian Schmidt and John Jackson. During his comments, Jackson pointed out how proud he was of his girls. Reading off statistics, he pointed out multiple times how these JV girls were second in history to only one team -- the Lady Tigers' current seniors...

Mountain Home News publisher Brenda Fincher presents a basket of goodies to Dr. Philip Damiani and Eric Hope after they were one of two winners recognized during the newspaper's annual 'Spooktacular' contest. Their home at 1430 Northeast Urwin St. included animated zombies in their yard in addition to haunted videos playing in their upstairs and downstairs windows during the evening hours along with another display in their garage...

Veterans organizations in the Mountain Home area will pause to honor the nation's armed forces and those who answered the call to duty during this year's Veterans Day observance on Nov. 11. Veterans Day represents one day set aside each year to remember the end of World War I and the brave Americans who served in the "war to end all wars," said Tom Coester, commander of American Legion Post 26 in Mountain Home...

A military training exercise began this week at Mountain Home Air Force Base that's expected to indirectly affect Mountain Home and nearby communities. Officials overseeing the Gunfighter Flag exercise here will use jamming equipment that will temporarily shut down Global Positioning System signals through Friday...