Stories from Friday, April 22, 2011

Elmore County has launched a project to update the Elmore County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Local agencies and organizations in Elmore County have created a committee to complete the required five-year updates of the documents as part of the FEAAA Pre-Disaster Mitigation program and National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Restoration Act...

ch and Debate team finished its "best season ever" last weekend, advisor John Petti said, with two students earning the honor of state champion and the team finishing fourth among the 42 high schools competing at the state speech competition. Joann King was the state champion in Dramatic Interpretation while Marissa Aiken was the state champion in Expository Speaking...

Mountain Home hosted a four-team track meet Thursday at Tiger Field, with Mountain Home winning both the girls' meet and boys' competition. Mountain Home won the girls' competition with 99 points. Middleton was second with 93, Emmett had 47 and Nampa had 27...

The Mountain Home Tigers dropped two conference tennis matches last week, losing to Kuna and Columbia. Kuna Girls 7, Mtn. Home Girls 0 Kuna Boys 7, Mtn. Home Boys 0 The Mountain Home Tigers got swept by Kuna last Monday at Kuna in both the girls and boys tennis matches...

Mountain Home Christian Ladies in Prayer invite the public to join them at noon for the 60th Annual National Day of Prayer, May 5. This year's theme is "Almighty Fortress is Our God." The nondenominational service will be held on the steps of the Elmore County Courthouse and prayers will be led by pastors from a number of local churches...

As a part of Financial Literacy Month the Idaho Department of Finance is promoting online resources for homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments, or who may be at risk of falling behind on their mortgage payments. "Homeowners need to know that federal and state laws are in place to protect them from mortgage relief scams that have sprung up during the mortgage crisis," said Gavin Gee, Department of Finance director. ...