Stories from Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Last week Elmore County Commissioners passed an interim moratorium on planned unit developments (PUD) which they hope will give them time to revise current zoning ordinances and prepare for anticipated growth in the county for the next several years...

Long time Mountain Home resident Carolyn S. Marshall, 87, widow of Claude Marshall, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at a local care center. At Carolyn's request, there will be no services. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers snapped a three-game losing skid with a 45-39 non-conference girls basketball win over Wood River last Tuesday night at Wood River. The game was tied at 8-8, after a quarter, but Mountain Home shot ahead in the second quarter for a 24-17 half-time lead...

"That monkey was getting awfully heavy! It's nice to get it off our back and get our first win," said a happy Tiger boys basketball coach Tony Kerfoot after his Tigers held off Columbia, 70-63, for their first win of the season. It was also their first win since Jan. 3, 2006, when they beat Caldwell. Mountain Home lost the next 14 games of last season, and the first six of this season before winning again -- a string of 20 straight games without a win...

The Mountain Home Tigers picked up dual match wins over Weiser and Capital last Wednesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Tigers 50 Weiser 27 Mountain Home picked up nine wins against the Wolverines, six by pins, as they won, 50-27...