Stories from Thursday, November 24, 2011

It is natural to play better at on your home court, but early in the basketball season it appears the Mountain Home Lady Tigers are having a hard time getting shots to drop on the road. The result is a 1-2 record last week for the Lady Tigers, who won at home and dropped two road games...

The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2011-12 boys basketball season next week with games against 5A teams Rocky Mountain and Mountain View. Mountain Home Tiger basketball coach Tony Kerfoot said he was pleased with the numbers they had out for boys basketball tryouts...

Tina Bolduc puts the finishing touches on a decorative gourd during the 6th Annual Art at the Inn art show on Saturday. Hosted by the Mountain Home Arts Council's Visual Arts Guild, the event featured a wide range of art forms crafted by residents from Mountain Home and surrounding communities...

Martin Daniel Atkins, Jr., 28, of Owyhee, Nev., was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Atkins to participate in a sex offender treatment program. He pled guilty on Aug. 24, 2011...

The Rotary Club of Elmore County will host its 2nd Annual Mountain Home Festival of Trees on Saturday, Dec. 10, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Mountain Home Auto Ranch. Local businesses will be decorating trees in the Auto Ranch showroom and the display will open to the public on Friday evening, Dec. 9, and all day on Saturday, Dec. 10...