Stories from Thursday, March 17, 2016

Elected officials at the local, state and federal levels will see a number of challengers running against them in coming months after the list of candidates grew leading up to Friday's filing deadline. People will go to the polls during the county's primary elections May 17 to narrow down a list of candidates running for various local, state and federal offices based on their political affiliation...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The Idaho Department of Water Resources moved one step closer to creating a new ground water district in the Mountain Home area. With the issuance of a preliminary order on March 2, local ground water users could see finalized plans that will eventually require more than 400 water rights holders to install meters on their wells...

Mountain Home's track and field team saw individual players perform well with the team coming up short overall during a triangular meet against Bishop Kelly and Middleton on Friday. Mountain Home, which opened its season at home, had five Lady Tigers that earned district-qualifying marks. ...