Stories from Thursday, February 27, 2014

The worlds of Shakespearean theater and the Wild West will collide during an upcoming presentation by Mountain Home Junior High School's Act Out Theater group. "Shakespeare Comes To Calamity Creek" debuts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 at the junior high school commons area with additional curtain calls at 7 p.m. Saturday and again March 7 and 8...

The win streak reached three Tuesday night as the Tigers avenged an earlier overtime loss to Emmett by holding off the Huskies 66-65 in overtime in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home. Mountain Home 66, Emmett 65 (O.T.) The game, which had 12 lead changes, went back and forth, with Emmett leading after a quarter, 16-12, and 29-26 at the half. It was 43-37 after three...

First District county commissioner Bud Corbus has announced he will seek re-election to a second term in office. Under the county's staggered system of commissioner seats, Corbus is finishing a two-year term this year, but running for a four-year term...

After nearly four years of work, efforts to build a new animal shelter in Mountain Home continued to move forward after the city council approved the facility's final plans. With work currently expected to begin later this year, the 3,700-square-foot shelter would be built on a piece of city property on Elmcrest Street near West 5th North Street...

Gabino Sandoval passed away peacefully on February 24, 2014 at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Services will be held Friday, March 7, 2014, with a viewing from 8:00 A.M. to8:45 A.M. and the funeral service at 9:00 A.M. all at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...