Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2011

Nearly 15 months after his arrest, a man suspected of murdering a Mountain Home woman and two of her children remains in custody as officials strive to bring him to the United States to stand trial. However, it now appears it could take authorities another two years to extradite Jorge A. Lopez-Orozco from Mexico...

An Ontario man living illegally in the United States goes to trial March 8 for his role in the death of a military spouse at Mountain Home Air Force Base. Homero Garibay-Alvarez pled not guilty to one count of felony vehicle manslaughter during his arraignment Jan. 3 in 5th District Court at the Twin Falls Courthouse...

The Mountain Home High School Speech and Debate team won its third straight tournament last Saturday at Northwest Nazarene University, defeating 15 other schools in the Treasure Valley Speech Invitational. The Talkin' Tigers scored 172 points, with the second-place school scoring 146. Mountain Home students won seven events with 24 students finishing in the top three in their event...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with a split of their boys basketball games last week, edging Emmett at home and losing at Middleton. Tigers 53, Huskies 52 The Emmett Huskies got hot from three-point land Tuesday night in the fourth quarter, but Mountain Home hung on for a 53-52 conference win in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers notched three more wins last week in girls basketball to even their season record to 6-6. Mountain Home 53, Jerome 45 Mountain Home opened the new year at Jerome last Tuesday and came away with a hard-fought 53-45 win. Mountain Home shot out to a 16-11 first quarter lead and led 24-14 at the half. ...

More than 980 students from local area schools put their basketball skills to the test during this year's hoop shoot competition Saturday. Hosted annually by the Mountain Home Elks Lodge 2276, the competition follows similar events held at each school to help narrow the field of competitors, according to hoop shoot chairman Larry Fincher...

From left, Anyssa Garza and Alexa Martinez work on their reports of famed explorers in Carlyz Hertz' fifth grade classroom at Hacker Middle School last week. Following a two-week recess, classes across the school district resumed Jan. 5. A change to this year's school calendar wrapped up first semester classes and final exams before the Christmas break, allowing students to return to classrooms with a fresh start. Photo by Brian S. Orban...