Stories from Thursday, September 19, 2013

A Mountain Home man was arrested last week on charges of allegedly raping a Treasure Valley woman earlier this month. D'Angelo A. Sewell, 21, faces a single felony count in which authorities allege the victim was asleep and incapable of resisting. Sewell is a senior airman assigned to the 726th Air Control Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base...

Last week's rain on top of a lack of ground cover following this summer's fires in the mountains in Elmore County triggered a series of flash floods and mudslides that damaged or blocked roads throughout the area. A mudslide last Thursday temporarily blocked Highway 20 at milepost 114.5, about 18 miles east of Mountain Home, between the Cow Creek/Prairie Road and the Anderson Dam Road. It took about two hours for the slide to be cleared...

The Mountain Home Tigers suffered another gut-retching football loss, as the Columbia Wildcats spoiled the Tigers' Homecoming with a 38-35 win on a late field goal at Tiger Field in Mountain Home Friday Night. Mountain Home's troubles started on its first possession...

The Lady Tiger volleyball team dropped a close match to Middleton this week and also competed at a tournament in Twin Falls. Middleton 25, 25, 22, 25 Mtn. Home 21, 21, 25, 22 The Mountain Home Lady Tigers battled Middleton tough for four games but only came up with one win, losing the match 3-1 last week in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...