Stories from Thursday, April 22, 2010

City council is considering a no-pet law banning animals such as dogs and cats from public parks. During a city council meeting April 12, members of the city's parks and recreation board urged the council to restrict pets from some public parks in Mountain Home...

Carrying on a 15-year tradition begun by Donna Hart and Mountain Home area artists, members of the Visual Arts Committee will host an "Artists' Reception" open house for the public on Friday, April 23, from 4--8 p.m., and Saturday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brown Wrapper Framing, 195 N. 2nd East St...

They call it the long, lonely walk. Out of all the tactics and procedures in their list of options, it's the one military explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel normally save as the last resort. In places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the long, lonely walk is also among the most dangerous steps to take. However, it's also the option that continues to protect U.S. forces engaged in fighting the terrorists, militants and insurgents trying to tear these nations apart...

With all the daily chatter and occasional ranting on the Mountain Home News online Web site, sometimes someone posts a real thought-provoking question followed by plenty of discussion. Case in point: About two weeks ago, one of the site's regular visitors asked what type of new business Mountain Home needed. Over these next several days, people fired back some very interesting ideas...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers kept their conference record unblemished with wins over Bishop Kelly and Emmett last week. Mountain Home 16, Bishop Kelly 0 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers scored early and often in a 16-0 four-inning win over Bishop Kelly last Tuesday at Eastside Park in Mountain Home...

Fire crews are responding to report of smoke at the old sawmill facility, in an area where wood chips are stored. Because of the potentially explosive situation, North Haskett north of West 5th North Street has been blocked off to all but emergency traffic...

Two people were taken by air ambulance from the scene of a single-car rollover at milepost 94.5 Thursday. The accident occurred about 1 p.m. Authorities shut down the eastbound lane of I-84 for about an hour, traffic backing up for roughly two miles. The westbound lane was reduced to one lane of traffic as vehicles worked their way around emergency vehicles at the scene...