Matt Luxford with the Mountain Home Fire Department takes time to move a patch of scorched tumbleweeds toward a designated area as the team of six firefighters take part in the controlled burn held last month next to a home on North 18th East Street.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Efforts to raise money to support a state youth program turned into an effort that provided needed help for a woman battling cancer while offering city firefighters a chance to gain some first-hand training last month.

The team of six firefighters brought two brush trucks to a home on North 18th East Street on Nov. 29 as they performed a controlled burn to remove tumble weeds that crowded around the residence.

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Former pastor Gregory Jones faces a felony count of forcible sexual penetration during the district court trial.

A former Mountain Home church pastor returns to court Jan. 5 to face charges of sexual assault following a preliminary hearing held Friday afternoon.

Gregory W. Jones, who served as the head of the Liberty Christian Fellowship Church in Mountain Home for more than 33 years, faces a felony count of forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object in which the victim was prevented from resistance due to the use of an intoxicating, narcotic or anesthetic substance.

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