Stories from Friday, January 20, 2012

The 2011 Mountain Home High School yearbook, The Prophet, recently received a Gold Medal from the national scholastic press association, placing it in the top 10 percent of today's student yearbooks across the nation. "The best of today's student yearbooks reflect a rising tide of achievement and accomplishment in reporting the school year," said Edmund Sullivan, executive director of the National Scholastic Press Association...

Students from local area schools put their basketball skills to the test during this year's hoop shoot competition Saturday. Hosted annually by the Mountain Home Elks Lodge 2276, the competition follows similar events held at each school to help narrow the field of competitors, according to hoop shoot chairman Larry Fincher...

Nearly eight months after his actions were credited with saving the lives of more than 50 U.S. and coalition soldiers in Afghanistan, a captain from Mountain Home Air Force Base received one of the military's highest honors for valor. Capt. Mark B. Rioux, a weapons systems officer with the 389th Fighter Squadron, received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a presentation ceremony Jan. 6...

The Mountain Home Tigers wrestling team came away with a split of its conference duals last week, losing on the road at Caldwell but winning at home against Bishop Kelly. Caldwell 52 Mtn. Home 25 The Tigers dropped twice as many matches as they won Tuesday night at Caldwell, and the result was a 52-25 conference loss to the Cougars...

Rosalind has lived in Mt Home for the last 28 years. On August 20th 2011 she was in a motorcycle accident and lost her eye,leg and had her face displaced.She is now in a wheel-chair and has a prosthetic leg.When she comes home she will need room to move about.Her home is really small and not wheel-chair equipped. She lives on Medicaid and therefore does not have money to rebuild.I am hoping her friends will rally around and help her.Those programs on...