Stories from Thursday, February 5, 2015

The Mountain Home Tigers did something last week that they hadn't been able to do thus far in their conference schedule -- win on the road. The Tigers followed up last Wednesday's home basketball win over Kuna with a win at Caldwell to jump from fourth to first place in the SIC 4A standings...

With less than two weeks before the first events begin, Mountain Home High School expects hundreds of students to descend on the school when it hosts its yearly gathering of motivational speakers. To date, students representing 12 schools across southern Idaho have signed up for the high school's annual U-Bus-2-Us speech and debate tournament, which begins here Feb. 13...

Danny Downen from the Mountain Home Fire Department tackles the challenge of working out on a stair-climbing machine while wearing an airpack and his firefighting gear while the department collected donations from the public during a fundraiser Saturday at the local Albertsons...

Chad Houck, an instructor with the Discover Technology team, uses wooden blocks to explain basic engineering principles to students at Hacker Middle School during a two-day orientation last week. The Boise-based team brought a bus filled with an assortment of hands-on displays to promote science, technology, engineering and math in local classrooms...

Wayne Labrum, age 55 of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Boise care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Rashelle Lynn Schmitz-Pickens-Brewer, 38 of Mountain Home, passed away at a local hospital on Feb. 4, 2015, with her family by her side. A private family viewing was held on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.