Stories from Friday, June 3, 2011

Not only do the Mountain Home Royals have a new look on the field with new coaches, but they also have a different look behind the scenes, as they have a new board of directors leading them. Robert "Woody" Woodruff is president of the Mountain Home Royals American Legion baseball program. He said the board has stepped in to take over the business aspect of the program and let the coaches coach...

Coaches at Mountain Home High School recognized the top baseball and softball players during awards banquets held last week, High school baseball coach Mark Cotton handed out letters and awards to several of the Tigers top baseball players. Earning the Offensive Player of the Year award was Skyler Podesek...

Tickets are now on sale for the sixth annual Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo at Optimist Park in Mountain Home. The rodeo will be held June 24-25 beginning at 7 p.m. each night. Pre-rodeo festivities will kick off on Thursday, June 23, at 6 p.m. with a street dance at the El Rancho Parking Lot in Mountain Home. ...

The big top will rise above the city airport the afternoon of June 23 as the circus comes to Mountain Home. Sponsored by the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, the Carson and Barnes Circus troupe presents two shows at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. that Thursday...

The Elmore County Pest Abatement District, in cooperation with Health and Welfare department and the extension office, have already implemented preventative measures to control the mosquito population. Surveying all the known hotspots and dipping in water sources to catch the first wave of larvae began the beginning of May. ...

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office is warning all boaters that local rivers are running extremely high right now because of the significant precipitation and melting of snow. The warmer temperature this weekend may draw boaters to local rivers and everyone is urged to use extreme caution if they decide to recreate on local waters. Even though the air temperature may be in the low to mid 80s this weekend, water temperature will likely be less than 50 degrees...

Elizabeth "Betty" Hastings, 91, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully at her home, on Monday May 30, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 6, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...