Stories from Thursday, August 3, 2017

Negotiations are ongoing as Mountain Home Education Assocciation fights for a district-wide pay increase for the upcoming school year. Beginning May 15, representatives from the MHEA and the district have been participating in “positive exchanges,” according to one MHEA member...

People from Mountain Home and surrounding communities will relive the traditions, culture and language of the Basque people during an annual festival scheduled for Saturday. Organizers will hold the community's 57th Annual Basque Picnic at Basque Park next to the Bengeochea Hotel. This year's celebration begins with a Catholic Mass at 1 p.m. at the park...

One year after it opened its doors to its first students, McKenna Montessori Charter School will resume classes Aug. 14. The school is set to expand this year to include 72 students this year by offering all-day kindergarten along with classes for first and second grade students...

Local physicians will offer free school sports physicals from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday at St. Luke's Clinic Trinity Mountain, located at 465 McKenna Drive in Mountain Home. This year's event is open to students in grades 6 to 12 who are required to have a sports physical prior to participating in school sports programs...