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Baxter County Library: The Year Ahead

Each month Library collection development professionals are on the hunt to bring in new books - anything from romance novels to how-to books, fact or fiction, something to capture the imagination and/or learn something new. New for 2022, is a program called Book Club in a Bag. Each bag includes a set of 5 book…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 7, 2022

Education News

Weather Update from Dr. Jake Long

Bomber Parents and Guardians, I want to update you on our plans for the day. We plan to be in session all day today. Based on the weather forecast, the snow looks to stop between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. We feel staying in school for the full day will be the safest option to…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 6, 2022

Education Government News

2022 – Welcome back, Bombers!

Dr. Jake Long / Superintendent Mountain Home Public Schools. Photo by MHPS. Bomber Families, I hope you have had a wonderful break and that your new year is off to a great start. A new year brings lots of opportunities for fresh starts. I am sure you all know by now that our area…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffJanuary 5, 2022

Column Education

The Student Loan (Pandemic) Payment Pause

Just in case you’ve forgotten, there’s a student loan crisis in America. The amount owed in the U.S. is over $1.5 trillion dollars! (Yes, that’s with a T!) There hasn’t been a lot of attention given to that figure during 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with good reason. In March of 2020,…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffDecember 23, 2021

Education News

Baxter County Early Literacy Project Awarded Twin Lakes Future Fund Grant

A $1,250 grant recently received from the Twin Lakes Future Fund, will help the Baxter County Early Literacy Project (BCELP) establish a pop-up outreach event kit. The kit will allow the BCELP to forward their mission of equipping all Baxter County children with the early literacy skills they need to be prepared to start Kindergarten. Area…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffDecember 22, 2021

Education News

NJROTC hosts first annual Holiday Bazaar at Mountain Home High School

Mountain Home's Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) has officially brought a new tradition to Mountain Home High School by hosting its first annual Holiday Bazaar in the school's cafeteria Saturday. Guests were able to shop for stocking stuffers with local visitors before snapping a photo with Santa. “We are an unfunded unit,” said Faithe-Ann Hall,…

ByChris FultonDecember 21, 2021