Stories from Thursday, January 28, 2010

Hello again, I expect this to be a difficult session. Revenues are way down and the Governor has ordered addition cut backs. Every agency and program will be affected. The real problem is the economy and big government. In order to solve this for the long term, we need to have solutions that are as painless as possible that will help the economy get going again. ...

The losing skid reached six last week for the Mountain Home Tigers boys basketball team with losses to Skyview and Bishop Kelly. Hawks 53, Tigers 45 The Mountain Home Tigers battled the Skyview Hawks tough Tuesday night but came up a bit short, 53-45, in SIC 4A boys basketball in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers close out their regular season basketball schedule Thursday night at home against Bishop Kelly. The Lady Tigers picked up two more conference wins last week, over Kuna and Columbia. Mtn. Home 45, Kuna 18 The Lady Tigers' defense clamped down on Kuna last Thursday night, holding the Lady Kavemen to just six points in three of the four quarters and 18 for the game, as they cruised to a 45-18 conference win...

Vanessa Joan Shrum, 74 of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 10:30AM, Saturday, January 30, 2010, at the Glenns Ferry Methodist Church and inurnment will follow at the Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home School Board will hold a public meeting Feb. 9, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Mountain Home Junior High School commons area at 1600 E 6th South St., to seek public input on ways to save money in the face of another year of budget cuts from the state. The 1.6 percent holdback in education funds ordered by Gov. ...

Raymond Theodore Brun, 65, of Pine, passed away on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at the South Fork Boise River Senior Center, located in Pine on Sunday, Jan. 31. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...