Stories from Thursday, March 30, 2017

A Mountain Home High School alumni who was named one of the top players in the Southern Idaho Conference during her time with the Lady Tigers volleyball team was selected as Florida State University's assistant volleyball coach. Jordana Price, who graduated from Mountain Home in 2005, will primarily work with the Seminoles volleyball team on blocking, middle and right side hitting in addition to serving as the recruiting coordinator...

Six errors proved costly as the Lady Tigers fell to Ridgevue in five innings on Friday. With both teams battling persistent rain showers, the Lady Warhawks posted three runs at the top of the second and added another in the third while keeping Mountain Home off the scoreboard...

The Ridgevue soared onto the scoreboard with six runs at the top of the second while limiting Mountain Home to just three at the bottom of the third and four as the Warhawks clinched an easy 12-3 win on Friday. Finishing the game with 12 runs off 10 hits, Ridgevue extended its lead to eight at the top of the fourth before clinching the contest with four more in the fifth...

The Boise National Forest Mountain Home Ranger District closed two roads and trails near Featherville, citing public safety due to hazards associated with the Trinity Ridge Fire, which scorched the area in 2012. Roads and trails along Trinity Creek (NFS Road 172) and Wagontown (NFS Road 183) continue to face ongoing hazards linked to storm damage as well debris washing into the travel corridor...

The wizards of the hardwood and masters of the mat met last week at Mountain Home High School for an evening of friendly competition. This year's Carnage on the Courts on March 22 in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium pitted the high school's basketball and wrestling teams during a pair of competitions aimed at highlighting their athletic specialities...

Hunters will see fewer hunting opportunities for mule deer does in the fall but will see more controlled hunts for elk this season. In mid-March, Idaho Fish and Game commissioners set the hunting seasons for deer, elk, bear, pronghorn, mountain lion and wolf with rules available online and in print in mid-April...

Following weeks of lessons focused on the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse and the risks associated with using tobacco, sixth grade students from Hacker Middle School completed their participation in the program on Thursday. The graduation ceremony recognized close to 320 students that participated in the local Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program...

A primary meter system failure was linked to an outage that cut off electrical power to Mountain Home Air Force Base on Thursday. The outage was reported at 11:30 a.m. with crews from Idaho Power expected to take up to two hours to reach the base due to current winter weather conditions...

Kenneth Leroy Heinly, 84, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at a care center in Mountain Home. On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, a viewing will be held at 5 p.m. followed by a 6 p.m. Rosary.

Brigette Ann Seppa passed away suddenly at the age of 46 on March 27, 2017, at St. Alphonsus Hospital, in Boise. A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.