Stories from Thursday, January 27, 2011

Following months of repairs and renovations, a local veterans group formally dedicated its new post headquarters during a ceremony Thursday afternoon. Serving the needs of more than 120 members in the Mountain Home community, the building marks a new beginning for American Legion Post 101, according to former post commander Mike Thurlow...

Mountain Home High School expects to meet or exceed previous attendance figures as it prepares to host one of the state's largest gathering of motivational speakers. The high school's annual U-Bus-2-Us speech and debate tournament continues to grow as schools from as far as Twin Falls continue to sign up...

Students from Mountain Home High School's Talkin' Tigers earned top honors and propelled the team to its fourth consecutive victory following the Boise State Debate Tournament. In addition, two of the team's competitors earned additional awards following a pair of local speech events...

The Mountain Home Tigers came away with a split of conference games last week. Mountain Home 56, Columbia 47 The Tigers shot out to a big first quarter lead and held off a fourth quarter Columbia rally for a 56-47 conference win last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers lost to Middleton and won at Nampa in conference basketball games last week. Middleton 53, Mountain Home 34 The Middleton Lady Vikings shut down Dakota Barrie and the Mountain Home Lady Tiger offense in the second half on their way to a 53-34 conference win Thursday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...