Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2011

With the city's youth center expected to lose its funding in the coming fiscal year, the organization hopes to pursue a partnership with the Western Elmore County Recreation District. A request submitted by Mountain Home Parents and Youth United organization, which runs the center, seeks roughly $9,800 in grant money that would cover its employee salaries, insurance and phone expenses for the upcoming fiscal year...

Monthly waste water fees for local residents and businesses may increase in coming months, based on initial feedback from city leaders in late July. The potential rate hike follows a briefing involving a long-range capital improvement plan to upgrade existing sewage lines to accommodate future residential and commercial growth...

The American Legion baseball season came to an abrupt end for the Mountain Home Royals at the Area B Class A American Legion Eastern Division Tournament at Centennial on July 19. The Royals, who went 15-5 in division play, good enough for the third seed, opened with a 7-3 win over the sixth-seeded Centennial Cannons on July 16...

A fire burning in the Walker Road area northwest of Glenns Ferry has burned more than 1,300 acres, already, the Bureau of Land Management estimated at mid-afternoon Thursday. The fire, named the Alky Fire, jumped Walker Road at about 1:15 p.m. BLM fire crews and air assets, along with members of the King Hill Rural Fire Department are battling the blaze, which was ignited by lightning from the storms currently passing through the area. The fire is about nine miles from Glenns Ferry...