Stories from Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Mountain Home Tigers baseball team split their conference series with the Middleton Vikings in a doubleheader Friday night in Mountain Home. Tigers 5, Vikings 2 The Tigers snapped an eight-game losing skid with their 5-2 win over the Middleton Vikings in the first game of a conference doubleheader Friday evening. Originally scheduled for Thursday, rain at Middleton prompted officials to move it to the following day...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers continued to struggle putting runs on the board last week, getting blanked by Columbia and Kuna in conference softball. The Lady Tigers had their April 23 game at Bishop Kelly postponed due to a lightning storm. Columbia 10, Mountain Home 0...

With Elmore County's primary elections just days away, representatives with the county's elections office highlighted recent changes to state law that affects how people will vote. Primary elections across the state are now classified as "closed elections," which means voters can't receive a ballot unless they declare themselves affiliated with a political party or classify themselves as unaffiliated...

David Salas, right, and Marley Roden put their thoughts to paper as the youngsters from the Mountain Home Head Start agency prepared for a community art show on Thursday. The Mountain Home Friends of Children and Families hosted the event to highlight the creativity of these youngsters as part of the annual Week of the Young Child observance. Photo by Brian S. Orban...

Two teens attending Mountain Home High School's auto skills class will face top vehicle mechanics from schools across the state during a yearly competition that begins this Friday. Austin L. DeJohn and Jeffery A. Checketts led the field of nine competitors from Mountain Home seeking to attend this year's student auto skills automotive technology competition at the College of Western Idaho...

Voters will go to the polls in less than two week to decide the fate of a proposed extension to the Mountain Home School District's supplemental levy. At stake is the future of the district's teaching staff as well as its current extracurricular and sports programs...

Edna M. Brimson, age 92, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 28th, 2012. Edna passed away peacefully while at home surrounded by her loving family. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 461 South Oneida, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, under the direction of Rost Funeral Home and Pastor Hilario Perez presiding...

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Southwest Asia from Mountain Home Air Force Base crashed Thursday morning. n a press statement from the base, the pilot and weapons systems officer safely ejected from the two-seat fighter prior to the crash and sustained unknown injuries...