Stories from Friday, May 7, 2010

A Tipanuk man pled guilty to felony drug trafficking and possession charges during a hearing Monday morning in Fourth District Court. As part of a written plea agreement, Albino G. Pedroza faces a minimum of three years in prison along with a $10,000 fine and orders to pay additional restitution...

Students from Hacker Middle School broke two goals, then shattered a previous year's record, during a scrap metal drive that ended Friday. Organized by the school's team building classes, the project took in an assortment of recyclable material, including iron, tin, metal pipes and aluminum cans...

The Mountain Home Talkin' Tigers will send 11 students, more than any other school in Idaho, to the National Forensic Leagues National Debate Tournament June 13-19 in Kansas City, Mo. But they're going to need some help getting there and have planned several fundraisers to defray travel costs...

Pioneer Federal Credit Union is again offering free document shredding to the public. The shredding day is set for Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 250 W. 3rd South St. "This is a great way to clean out your files and protect your personal information," said Mary Morin, PFCU Regional Manager...

As part of "Hospital Week" activities, Elmore Medical Center employees will hold a "Pack the Back" food drive to support the local food pantry. The goal is to fill the back of an Elmore Ambulance Service (EAS) ambulance with non-perishable food and personal care products...

Dear editor: Mr. Wilson's letter in last week's paper was quite enlightening. Mostly it justified Mr. Corder's love of taxes. He is accusatory of Marla Lawson wanting to do away with state income taxes. As an Idahoan I would support that 100 percent. ...

After a win early in the week at Emmett, the Tigers were unable to hold onto leads against Middleton, losing two close games to the Vikings in their conference baseball series. Tigers 8, Huskies 3 The Mountain Home Tigers took advantage of good pitching and timely hitting to down the Emmett Huskies 8-3 last Monday at Emmett...

The Mountain Home Tiger track teams closed out their home track meet schedule on a winning note Thursday, winning both the girls and boys competitions. Mountain Home won the girls competition, racking up 121.33 points, to edge Mountain View, who had 119. Bishop Kelly was a light year away in third place with 19.33 points, and Capital had 3.33 points...