Stories from Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Two members of the Mountain Home Fire Department will be traveling to Seattle this weekend where they will compete in the 27th Annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb. During the competition firefighters from all over the world will climb 69 flights of stairs while in full gear as they climb to the top of the Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle...

Part two of the preliminary hearing in State of Idaho vs. Scott Eugene Riggs commenced on Feb. 27. During this hearing, the state called forth seven witnesses, including multiple law enforcement officials and one employee of a local pawn shop. When given an opportunity to call forth witnesses, the defense declined...

What is love? This is a question I have been speculating for a few weeks, and I think it's time for me to share my thoughts. Ordinarily this is something I would talk about around Valentine's Day, but that's a different subject all together. So what is love?...

The Mountain Home Arts Council is proud to present The Wardens, original music and stories from the Canadian Rockies, today, Mar. 7, at Mountain Home American Legion Post 26, 515 E 2nd S St., Mountain Home, ID. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. The Mountain Home Arts Council will also host The Wardens for an educational outreach program earlier in the day for students at the Mountain Home Junior High...

Join lovers of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics at Hacker Middle School tonight for a community STEAM night. The event starts at 5:30 p.m., and free dinner will be available while supplies last.

Mountain Home High School's Encore Company will present the musical Willy Wonka Jr. Mar. 8-10 at 7 p.m. in the gym. Tickets will be sold at the door. Join Charlie Bucket on his visit to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory in this captivating musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's fantastical tale...

Since the funding period for the 2016 levy is over, it is once again time to vote on the Mountain Home School District supplemental levy. As a supplemental levy, this money will fund multiple areas of the district which currently face a lack of funding from the state. This levy, which will provide 11.5 percent of the district's funding, has been in place since 2010 and is voted upon every two years...

Epolito Dominguez Guajardo, “Paul”, 59, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at his home following an illness. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, March 12, 2018, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...