Stories from Thursday, September 8, 2011

Mountain Home native Mike Berriochoa will return to his hometown to narrate the Gunfighter Skies open house at Mountain Home Air Force Base Sept. 17 and 18. The open house and airshow will feature, for the first time, performances both days by the Air Force's premier aerial demonstration team -- the Thunderbirds. At past airshows they have performed only on Sunday...

As the city braces for budget restrictions as it prepares for the new fiscal year, it lacks any leeway to add money to programs that lost funding. Members of the city council made those comments during their Aug. 22 meeting as two local organizations hoped to restore their budget requests...

In an effort to keep its doors open, the Mountain Home Youth Center will hold a community yard sale in mid-September. Featuring a variety of items collected from local storage units, the sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 16, 17, 23 and 24 at the youth center's facility at 130 North Main Street...

Big plays were costly for the Mountain Home Tigers Friday night as they dropped their season opening football game 34-27 to Columbia at Tiger Field. Despite trailing by 20 points with less than nine minutes left in the game, the Tigers battled back and came close to winning it at the end...

With nine 5A teams in the competition, Mountain Home found the going tough at last Thursday night's Caldwell Twilight Invitational cross country meet. The Mountain Home girls came in 11th, while the boys were 16th. "There were 800 runners there," said Mountain Home Tiger cross country coach Doug Root. ...

Every year the local off-roading club, Wild West Off-Roaders, puts together the Mountain Home Mud Races. At the end of the mud racing season they have one last event called the Idaho Tuff Truck Challenge. This competition is open to 40 competitors only, the top 20 from the previous year and 20 other individuals. ...