Stories from Friday, September 10, 2010

As the U.S. withdrew last week the last U.S. forces tasked for combat operations in Iraq, the Idaho National Guard is preparing to deploy there. In April, the Department of Defense announced that the Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team would be mobilized and sent to Iraq later this year. Included in the deployment will be elements of Company C, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, the combat engineers assigned to the Mountain Home Armory...

The Snake River Region chapter of the Sports Car Club of America will hold a two-day rally Saturday and Sunday at the Mountain Home Municipal Airport. The event will feature two days of racing on two different courses. Both days will have a different course designed to test the limits of car and driver skill...

The Mountain Home Tigers cross country team found the competition extremely competitive at the Cardinal Classic cross country meet at Soda Springs Saturday. With teams from three states and numerous 5A schools, Mountain Home's girls finished 13th and the boys 22nd...

Dear editor: Why am I not surprised to read the headline "County rejects comp plan amendments"? Why am I also not surprised that Payette County eagerly accepted Alternative Energy Holdings, Inc.'s proposal to build a nuclear generating facility in their area after being stone-walled and stymied by Elmore County citizens?...