Stories from Friday, March 11, 2011

Model rocketry enthusiasts in the Mountain Home area will meet at noon March 19 in hopes of forming a local club. Hosted by the Wondertrail hobby store at 705 Airbase Road, a launch exhibition will follow at 1 p.m. at Bert Landon Field south of town...

Mountain Home High School will once again be well represented at the National Forensic Leagues National Speech and Debate Tournament this summer, as five students have already qualified while seven others are on the alternates list. The 2011 NFL National Tournament will take place June 13-19 in Dallas, Texas. Only the top two finishers in last weekend's district qualifiers advance to the National Tournament...

Four months after it approved a large-scale wind farm east of Mountain Home, the Elmore County planning and zoning commission recommended plans to build a smaller alternative energy project in the county. During a public hearing March 2, the eight-person commission unanimously recommended passage of a combined wind and solar facility located off Canyon Creek Road about five miles north of town...

More than 120 players representing seven teams took to fields here and across southern Idaho as this year's spring soccer season began last week. The Mountain Home Youth Soccer Association teams fared well despite a limited amount of practice due to the recent winter weather...