Stories from Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Seeking ways to deal with overcrowded classrooms in the city's elementary schools, the Mountain Home School District plans to cut two teaching positions at the secondary level. District superintendent James Gilbert delivered the news as he addressed the school board during its monthly meeting March 21...

Staff Sgt. Alexandria Mae Morrow was known by those who knew her best as a super positive individual who earned the respect and admiration of her peers and her teachers. When she arrived at Mountain Home Air Force Base in early 2010, she quickly earned a reputation as a determined, amazing individual with a personal passion and dedication to duty...

Oh for the love of Pete... would you people please stop dumping your garbage in our water? In the March 5 edition of the Mountain Home News, I wrote a story describing where the county commissioners want to start storing runoff water. In that article, I added the fact that someone was caught dumping their garbage in one of those run-off pits...

Dear editor, The Friends of the Mountain Home Public Library would like to thank our supporters in Mountain Home for your many book donations to our Book Nook Store and for all of the folks who purchased books from our store in the library. Your donations and purchases have enabled us to pay for many wonderful library programs over the last several months...

A series of new project suggestions dealing primarily with city parks were overshadowed by a heated discussion after the head of the Western Elmore County Recreation District abruptly ended a meeting March 22 without allowing the public's input. Arguments worsened as citizens protested being ignored as board president Art Nelson turned off the sound system...