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Average gasoline prices in Arkansas have risen 2.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,826 stations in Arkansas. Prices in Arkansas are 6.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 100.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.9 cents in the last week and stands at $3.91 per gallon.

Have you ever looked at someone’s lawn and thought how nice and manicured it looked and wish that yours looked that way? Or do you prefer the look that comes from flowers and grasses being different heights and in various stages of blooming? Everyone has a different opinion on what their yard should look like and in the end it’s all personal preference. Grass makes up much of the lawn vegetation in the area, and lush green grass is aesthetically pleasing, but are wild-flowers, dandelions or other flora bad to leave for the pollinators and other wildlife? Some might wonder about my lawn mowing skills because there are usually patches scattered throughout my yard that are not mowed each time and those patches may be different each time the yard is mown.

by Mark Shockley, President, Three Rivers Chapter of the Arkansas Archaeological Society (AAS) The monthly meeting of the Three Rivers Chapter of the Arkansas Archaeological Society (AAS) will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at the Donald W. Reynolds Library in Mountain Home. Our speaker this month is Noelle King, a second-year master’s student in anthropology at the University of Arkansas.

Friday- Mostly sunny expected with a high near 84 degrees and a low of 56 decrees. Saturday- Mostly sunny with a high of 82 degrees and a low near 58 degrees.

Keith Symanowitz, Promotions Director & Park Interpreter The Ozark Folk Center State Park will celebrate its 50th anniversary with evening music shows on 26 and 27 and special programs and entertainment at the Craft Village throughout Memorial Day Weekend on May 26 through 29.

The Arkansas law enforcement community is urging motorists to buckle up during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, runs from May 22 to June 4, 2023.