Stories from Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Recognizing his contributions to Mountain Home and communities across Elmore County during the past year, members of the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department paused to honor the recipient of its inaugural recognition program. During a ceremony held March 19, the department presented Reserve Deputy Clayton Brown its first-ever employee of the year award...

Plans to restore a dispatch agreement between Mountain Home and Elmore County and conflicts involving the city animal shelter highlighted several issues members of the city council and county commissioners discussed during a meeting March 7. The cooperative agreement between the city and county involving emergency dispatch services looked at possibly ending because the city failed to make a payment for these services before the Nov. 1 deadline...

Following his two years of service to the Mountain Home community, the city’s police chief announced his plans to step down as the head of that city department. In a formal letter presented March 10, Police Chief Jon Thompson told city officials that he would resign at the end of April...

One aspect of my time in the Air Force involved something that tends to remain “off the radar” with regards to the rest of society. It involves the nicknames those in uniform tend to adopt following something that happened to them during their years of service...

Dear editor – Mayor Sykes will not commit to a public town hall meeting. I have e-mailed Mayor Sykes three times requesting a public town hall for the citizens of Mountain Home with no response back from him. The last time I reached out was for the “Monday's With the Mayor” event on March 17. My question submitted Friday, March 14, stated that the citizens of Mountain Home have asked me to see about getting a public town hall meeting with Sykes to address their concerns...

The spirit of magic returns to Mountain Home next week as the Mountain Home Arts Council sponsors the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "The Pied Piper." A casting call for children interested in being part of the musical begins at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 31, at Mountain Home High School's Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

Members from Mountain Home’s Future Farmers of America organization took time to teach and encourage youngsters in the local area to become more passionate about agriculture as they hosted a series of events held recently. Scheduled during this year’s National FFA Week observance, members from Mountain Home’s FFA Chapter’s student-led board planned several activities to help spread this message in local area schools...

Students from Mountain Home Junior High School battle for control of the ball as they compete during an event aimed at benefiting students and others in the local area. The eighth grade basketball enthusiasts representing the possible, future members of the high school’s Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams took to the court March 14 during the You Are More boys versus girls basketball game...

Members from Mountain Home High School’s Encore Company take the stage to showcase the combined worlds from the “Wizard of Oz” and “Alice in Wonderland” during their presentation of “Dorothy in Wonderland” last week. The story showcases the challenges Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, the Tin Man and Lion face after they get swept away from the Emerald City into the world of Wonderland...

During a ceremony held earlier this month, the Gunfighters at Mountain Home Air Force Base welcomed the 366th Maintenance Group’s new commander. Col. Mike “Mykee” Perez succeeded Lt. Col. Brian Struyk, who commanded the group since October 2024. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper’s online edition...