Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Local elections involving six taxing districts across the county were cancelled last week with only one candidate running in four of those races. Douglas Mayne is expected to fill the District 3 seat with the Mountain Home Rural Fire District after no one else filed to run, and John Walker was the only candidate that filed to run for the commissioner seat District 1 in the King Hill Rural Fire District...

Mountain Home Police Chief Nick Schilz and Elmore County Sheriff Rick Layher will face off in friendly competition as part of this year's Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday. Both law enforcement officers agreed to ride tricycles while wearing "beer" goggles as part of a fundraiser held this summer to raise funds for this year's Shop With A Cop program...

City fire fighters will promote fire prevention and safety during a yearly observance that officially begins Sunday. The Mountain Home Fire Department is joining forces with stations across the United States to celebrate National Fire Prevention Week...