Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The Mountain Home Tigers took the lead at the start of Friday’s football game as Cash Wiley ran along the sideline during the opening drive to put the Tigers on the scoreboard as they launched this year’s homecoming game. The Tigers maintained a defensive posture against the Senators during the opening quarter of the homecoming football game with Gooding unable to maintain the offensive despite their advancement on the endzone before they ended up turning the ball over the Mountain Home after unsuccessfully trying to gain a first down on the gridiron.. ...

Military retirees in the local community gathered at Mountain Home Air Force Base on Friday morning to gather updated information regarding various benefits these veterans continue to receive during the base’s annual military retiree appreciation day event...

A Mountain Home man arrested following a standoff with deputies from the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team had a criminal record leading up to his arrest Sept. 10. Pedro Dominguez Guajardo, 76, remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail on a $1 million bond following his arrest at a residence off South Main Street in Mountain Home...

People young and old gathered along the walking path near the Desert Canyon Golf Course as they prepared to compete in a race that literally promoted a spirit of color. The Mighty Fine Color Run hosted by the city parks and recreation department Sept. 14 included 40 runners that met at Legacy Park and then shuttled over to the starting “color toss” along the walking path on the city’s north side that allowed people to run, walk or roll their way back to the community park...

I must admit I’ve pretty much fed up with everything I’ve read and heard over the past several months. I’ve honestly lost count of how many times I caught myself rolling my eyes after reading all the news headlines, most of which seemed to promote a politically biased perspective on something that didn’t seem right...

Music by Chilean multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter Nano Stern takes the stage Tuesday evening as the Mountain Home Arts Council presents a concert that evening at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene, 950 North 7th East St. Doors to the concert open at 6:30 p.m. with the program following at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door that evening...

Local law enforcement reported a possible incident last week in which someone in the Mountain Home area may have tried vandalizing signs regarding a state initiative included in the upcoming elections next month. City police received a call from a member of the Elmore Republican committee who reported two signs asking voters to reject Proposition 1, the Ranked Choice Voting initiative, got removed from the bridge railing at the canal near the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department...

BOISE – Ernesto Garza, 62, of Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for extorting H-2A agricultural workers and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford also sentenced Garza to three years supervised release and ordered Garza to pay $621,724 in restitution to his many victims...