Stories from Thursday, November 29, 2012

Dozens of children from the Mountain Home area will bring some holiday joy to their families this weekend as a result of an event that helps them share in the spirit of giving. Celebrating its 16th anniversary in Mountain Home on Dec. 1, the local Shop With A Cop program helps children of families with extreme financial hardships buy gifts for their loved ones in time for Christmas...

The Mountain Home Tigers are opening their boys 2012-13 basketball season this week with a different look. Brion Bethel takes over as head coach the Tigers, who have just one starter and three players back that saw any action last year on a team that went 3-19 overall...

Santa is now collecting letters written to him by local children. Fire Chief Alan Bermensolo, designated by Santa to be his head elf locally for helping answer mail to the North Pole, is checking the Santa's Mailbox set up outside of the Mountain Home News office every day now...

A deal tentatively approved by the city Monday evening would allow Mountain Home to add another area to its list of city-owned parks. On a 3-1 vote, the city council approved a sales agreement to purchase the existing park property located on East 8th North Street...