Stories from Thursday, February 26, 2015

The Mountain Home Tigers are heading to the 4A Boys State Basketball Tournament next week after they beat Bishop Kelly, 57-49, Monday evening during the district semi-finals. Details on the game will appear in next week's edition of the Mountain Home News...

Organizers of a large-scale music festival planned for later this summer north of Mountain Home are seeking volunteers to help during the four-day festival. A meeting for interested individuals begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the city council chambers next to city hall, 160 South 3rd East St. in Mountain Home...

Mountain Home Junior High School's Act Out Theatre Company holds its first production of the year as it presents "The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree." Curtain call for the musical is 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the commons area in the junior high school with additional shows planned for March 6 and 7...

Mountain Home police and firefighters lead a procession of school buses down American Legion Boulevard as students and coaches from Mountain Home High School's wrestling team left town Thursday en-route to this year's state finals. The team sent 20 of its wrestlers to this year's 4A State Wrestling Championship, which is being held at Idaho State University in Pocatello.

Mountain Home High School officials announced the hiring of Jim Clark as the new head football coach at the high school. Clark replaces Darin Higgins, who was named to the post last month, but resigned recently before making his move from California...