Stories from Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Mountain Home Tigers managed to get their home conference baseball game in, but rain forced a halt to Friday's game at Nampa and washed out Saturday's games home games against Jerome. Bulldogs 2, Tigers 1 Pitching highlighted the Mountain Home-Nampa baseball game Thursday in Mountain Home with the Bulldogs holding off the Tigers, 2-1...

The Mountain Home Tigers hosted a dual track meet with Middleton last Friday and came in second to the Vikings in both the girls and boys competition. Middleton beat Mountain Home 84-62 in the girls competition. Keesha Janis-Gibson won the 3,200-meter run and discus and finished third in the shot put...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened their softball season last week with wins over Nampa and Caldwell in conference action. Mountain Home 14, Nampa 4 (Six innings) The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened the season with a 14-4 win over Nampa at Memmelaar Field in Mountain Home last Tuesday in a game that ended in the sixth inning by the 10-run rule...

For her efforts to help youngsters in the Mountain Home community while serving as an advocate for military children, a student at Richard McKenna Charter High School recently earned state-level recognition. During an official ceremony, Karla G. Rogers was named the Boys and Girls Club of America Youth of the Year for Idaho...

With the state and county primary elections less than six weeks away, a second candidate that originally planned to run for the U.S. House of Representatives withdrew his nomination last week. Democrat Eldon Wallace announced that he was leaving the race just days after Republican candidate John K. Baird withdrew from consideration...

From left, Airman 1st Class Matthew Garza and Airman 1st Class Stephen Denison from the Travis Brass ensemble perform a medley of music from the Broadway play West Side Story during a concert at War Memorial Hall in Mountain Home. Hosted by the Mountain Home Arts Council, the six-person group from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., visited the city for a one-night performance, which included a blend of traditional brass compositions as well as some of today's popular music...