Stories from Friday, January 25, 2013

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers saw their losing skid reach four with conference losses last week to Skyview and Bishop Kelly. Skyview 68, Mountain Home 49 Last Tuesday night's Mountain Home-Skyview game proved to be a battle of halves as Mountain Home had a good first half effort, but came out slow in the second half and lost to the Lady Hawks 68-49...

Looking at improving his ability to educate his students, a teacher from West Elementary School received hundreds of dollars in financial support through a state-level foundation. Travis Willoughby, who marked his fourth year as a teacher at the local school, was one of several instructors across the state that earned grants from the Idaho Capital Educators Federal Credit Union Foundation...

A local business development organization named the winners of a recent effort that offered incentives for people that spend their dollars in the Mountain Home area. Jennifer Krebs and the Rev. Linda Hann were singled out as the top shoppers during the "Shop Local for the Holidays" campaign...

Representatives with the Mountain Home Arts Council are seeking original stories and artwork for its yearly literary journal. With its fifth volume slated for publication this fall, The Whistle Pig includes short stories, poems, memoirs, personal musings, drama, song lyrics and other short literary pieces written by people in the local area...