Stories from Friday, August 29, 2014

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2014 volleyball season this week at the Kuna Klassic volleyball tourney Friday and Saturday at Kuna. Jill Peterson is in her second season as head coach of the Lady Tigers and said this year's turnout for volleyball was down...

The Mountain Home Tigers dropped their season opening boys soccer game to the Borah Lions Saturday at Eastside Park by a 5-1 score. The 5A Lions scored first, about 20 minutes into the game, and added another goal two minutes later. Mountain Home's lone goal was scored by Toren Lombardo about 30 minutes into the first half...

Mountain Home Police responded to two separate incidents involving a vehicle and a bicyclist last week. "Both incidents could have been avoided by either the driver or the bicyclist. We were very fortunate that both individuals only received minor injuries as a result," said Officer Melanie Broughton, public affairs officer for the Mountain Home Police Department...

Addison Kiggins takes a sip of juice as the two-year-old participated in the city library's Fifth Annual American Girl Tea on Saturday. Dozens of young girls and their parents gathered at the library to be a part of the formal tea, sponsored by the Friends of the Mountain Home Library...

The wildfire danger has lessened in the Owyhee Mountains, prompting the Bureau of Land Management to rescinded Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on BLM managed lands on areas of the Boise District and the Jarbridge Field Office within all of Owyhee County and south of the Snake River...

Juanita C. Valdivia, 69, beloved mother, wife and daughter, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, at the University of Utah Hospital. Juanita was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, to Juan and Josefina Rojas. In 1970, she married Serafin Valdivia...