Stories from Friday, November 27, 2015

The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce is joining forces with local businesses to help needy families make ends meet through the holiday season. Celebrating more than 20 years in the Mountain Home community, the Giving Tree program is an all-volunteer effort that helps hundreds of people here in the form of holiday gifts...

A county landmark whose history dates back to a time when stagecoaches rolled across the region is once again gaining the public's attention following a volunteer project held earlier this month. Members of the Elmore County Historical Foundation erected a new sign at a point on Highway 20 known as Devil's Dive or Diablo's Dive, located about 15 miles northeast of Mountain Home...

City firefighters are continuing to investigate what triggered a fire that caused extensive damage to a four-unit apartment complex at Sunset Manor on Thursday. Crews were dispatched to the assisted living center complex around 7 p.m. that evening with the flames destroying three of the apartments with a four sustaining extensive smoke and water damage, said Capt. Mark Moore with the Mountain Home Fire Department...

Alberta Marie McGrath, age 65, of Mountain Home passed away on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, at a Mountain Home hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.