Stories from Thursday, March 10, 2016

A fire early Tuesday caused significant damage to a single-family residence off Truman Street southwest of town in what officials have initially ruled was accidental. Fire fighters and emergency responders were dispatched to the blaze just before 7 a.m. with the trailer fully engulfed by the time crews arrived on scene, said Mountain Home Fire Chief Alan Bermensolo...

The Lady Tigers launched their softball season on Saturday in what the team anticipates will be a successful year for the high school team. Ron Nicolosi, who coaches the Lady Tigers' varsity team, applauded his team's performance during a jamboree that included boys and girls teams from Wood River, Emmett and Borah high schools...

Lawrence Lee Wilson, age 72 of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at his home. Per Lee's request, no services will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

City leaders are extending a proposal to representatives with the Western Elmore County Recreation District that could lead to the creation of a large-scale recreation complex in the center of Mountain Home. The idea involves transferring nearly six acres of land at Richard Aguirre Park over to the recreation district in exchange for an existing tract of land on South 18th East Street...

(Feb. 27, 1943 - March 8, 2016) Chereme L. Miller, age 73 of Clovis, N.M., passed away Tuesday March 8, 2016, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. Memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stake center in Clovis...