Stories from Thursday, September 15, 2011

Following a pair of studies in recent months, an initiative designed to improve safety along local school routes took another step forward during a workshop last week. A team of concerned citizens, police officers and school officials met at the city library to identify problems and solutions specifically around East Elementary and Hacker Middle schools...

The need for more storage recently became a hands-on classroom experience for students at Richard McKenna Charter High School. Over the past three weeks, students in Chris Armstrong's basic construction class built an outdoor shed on the campus that emphasized more than carpentry skills...

The Skyview Hawks scored early and often on their way to a 59-14 rout of the Mountain Home Tigers Friday night at Skyview High School in Nampa. The Hawks received the ball to start the game, but the Tigers had a good start defensively, forcing a punt after three downs...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers saw their three-match win streak snapped Thursday night, as they came up against two unbeaten conference foes in Emmett and Bishop Kelly at a tri-match at Emmett. Emmett 25, 25, 25 Mountain Home 15, 17, 20 The Lady Tigers went up against the host Lady Huskies first, and although they played them close games, lost the match in three straight...

Organizers of Gunfighter Skies 2011 anticipate as many as 80,000 people could visit Mountain Home Air Force Base this weekend for the open house and airshow Saturday and Sunday. The event will feature, for the first time, performances both Saturday and Sunday by the USAF's premier aerial demonstration team -- the Thunderbirds. At past airshows they have performed only on Sunday...

An unusual scavenger hunt of sorts came to Mountain Home last week as collectors searched for rare and unusual trinkets and treasures. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow allowed local residents to showcase their collections of antiques in hopes of trading them for cash or to simply know how much the items were actually worth...

Ashly Shalane Hankins, 25, of King Hill, who has been missing since Monday, has been found alive in the Twin Falls area. The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office said Hankins was found in a canyon near River Road in Buhl Thursday morning at about 9 a.m. when a nearby farmer heard her cries for help...