Stories from Thursday, March 15, 2012

Wrestler Ryan Goldsby puts the hurt on Luke Filipovich as they duke it out on the mat during Mountain Home High School's "Carnage on the Courts" event March 7. Class competitions and friendly rivalries took center stage as the masters of the mat batted the wizards of the hardwood in hopes of winning bragging rights during the fundraiser, which collected more than $600 for this year's senior celebration...

The Mountain Home Tigers got their baseball season off to a good start last week as they swept their conference series against the Columbia Wildcats. Mountain Home 2, Columbia 1 The Tigers hosted Columbia last Thursday at Tiger Field with the season opener turning into a pitching duel between Mountain Home's Jared Day and Columbia's Mitch Dardis...

Students from Mountain Home High School practiced their ability to present legal arguments and motions in addition to cross examining witnesses during a mock trial at the Canyon County Courthouse. Held March 3 in Caldwell, the two teams of students from Mountain Home were among the eight participating in the day-long event, which debuted this year's mock trial season...

After a yearlong effort, a partnership between local health officials and law enforcement agencies came together last week to help people safely dispose of expired or unwanted medications. During a brief ceremony Thursday afternoon, officials dedicated a new community drug drop off box, located at the Mountain Home Police Department...