Stories from Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Mountain Home Tiger baseball team came away with a split of their first two games of the season, losing at Kuna but winning at Emmett last week. Kuna 12, Mountain Home 5 An eight-run third inning by the Kavemen was the difference at Kuna Thursday as the Tigers lost to the Kavemen, 12-5, in their conference and season opener...

The Elmore County Board of Commissioners approved a plan that would temporarily waive some administrative fees on building permits. A resolution signed on Monday waives the $50 administrative fees that applicants pay each time they submit a building permit...

Paula T. Ashby, 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Bruneau on March 10, 2013. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Paula Therese Jaeger was born on Sept. 14, 1927, in Germany, to Heinrich Jaeger and Katharina Weiss. She was the youngest of three children...

Kenneth Irving DeThorne, Sr., 74, of Mountain Home and formerly of Pine, passed away on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, March 23, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...