Stories from Friday, June 6, 2014

Skateboard and BMX bike enthusiasts will gather in Mountain Home on June 14 to showcase their talents during an event that encourages friendly competition and the spirit of self expression. Registration for the fifth annual Open Soar runs from 10 a.m. to noon that day with the first events scheduled to follow at 1 p.m. at Richard Aguirre Park...

The Mountain Home School District and the Mountain Home Education Association have mutually agreed to seek federal mediation to resolve differences in the contract negotiations for the coming school year's contract. State law essentially allows the district to arbitrarily impose a contract by the end of June, and severely restricts what union representatives can negotiate, but mediation is an effort to resolve any outstanding differences without resorting to those measures...

City street crews expect to begin three major road construction projects in coming weeks following final approval of these projects. During a meeting May 27, the city council approved a revised list of street projects that concentrates most of this work along the city's east side...

Paul Scott Presley, born on April 21, 1981, went to be with our Heavenly Father on May 29, 2014, after a dignified and very courageous battle with brain cancer. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2014, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...