Stories from Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Aug 25, 2021 The Mountain Home News had the opportunity to get out and cover more live meetings, events, and activities this summer due to the extra help I have had. Earlier in the summer, I hired two young men that I knew would be leaving to return to college. It was a blessing for me, but the time has come that we must say goodbye and send them off with a big Thank You, and the very best of wishes, and know you will be deeply missed here in the office...

If I’m being totally honest, I had thought “getting involved with the community” was just a string of words to get me to leave the house. In high school I hadn’t really seen the city, didn’t know how things were ran or even where City Hall was located. I could point to Mountain Home on a map, sure, but I didn’t bother to look into it beyond that...

On August 18th, 2021, the Western Elmore County Recreation District held the groundbreaking ceremony for the once presumed mythical indoor aquatics center. After twenty years and millions in fundraising, phase one of the center is finally in construction. ...

Joan Rossi Hobbs, 63, of Mountain Home, passed away at her home on August 20, 2021. A private memorial service will be held. Cremation under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Joan was born on May 10, 1958, in Hackensack New Jersey, the daughter of Angelo Joseph and Claire Molinelli Rossi. Joan graduated from New Rochelle High School, New York, and State University of New York, Potsdam, where she earned a BA in English...