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We’re “Celebrating Maya @95” throughout April 2023

LITTLE ROCK - Since 2015, Celebrate! Maya Project has celebrated the life and legacy of iconic poet and writer Dr. Maya Angelou. This year marks her 95th Birthday, and we are celebrating her life throughout the month of April! “We are celebrating all that Dr. Angelou has contributed to the world, to America and to Arkansas, her childhood home,” Celebrate! Maya Project president Janis F. Kearney, said.
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The “Old Flippin Jail” is History

The City of Flippin held a celebration and Dedication Ceremony at the “Old Flippin Jail” on the corner of Park Street and 2nd Street on Sunday, March 26, at 2 p.m. The Marion County Heritage Society, with assistance from the City of Flippin and the Division of Arkansas Heritage, worked over the last year to have the historic jail placed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places and is working toward having it placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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CONSUMER ALERT: H2O Pools Failed to Fulfill Promises

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued a Consumer Alert after filing a lawsuit against Conway-based H2O Pools and Supplies, LLC, and its owner for violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by failing to perform contracted services or provide purchased goods: “I filed a lawsuit against H2O Pools and Supplies, LLC and its owner, Victoria Harvey, seeking restitution for Arkansans who have paid more than $500,000 for pools at their homes but instead have been left with—in some cases—little more than a hole in the ground.
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Volltrauer elected to the Hall of Fame

Joseph Volltrauer, local business owner and founder of Volt Plastics was elected into the International Fastners Hall of Fame. Volltrauer started Volt Plastics nearly 31-years ago and has built the manufacturing business in to a leading company in the business of manufacturing plastic nuts, bolts and other plastic fastners used in business applications on a daily basis.
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Ark. Delegation supports Gov. Request for Major Disaster Declaration

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to support Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request for a major disaster declaration for Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Nevada, Ouachita, Searcy and Stone Counties due to severe winter weather from January 30-February 2, 2023.
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Farmer’s Market Opens

Yellville - The Yellville Farmer’s Market will open for the 2023 Spring season on Saturday, April 1 to begin it’s third season under the present structure. The Market will take place every Saturday from 8 a.m.
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2023-2026 STIP Proposed Amendment

LITTLE ROCK - A proposed amendment to the Arkansas Department of Transportation’s (ArDOT) Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Federal Fiscal Years 2023-2026 is available for public comment now through March 30. Please visit www.ardot.gov/stip to view the proposed amendment.
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Camp Invention’s Summer STEM Program Coming to ASUMH

Mountain Home - Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment program, is coming to ASU Mountain Home the week of June 12 - June 15, 2023. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in grades K-6 to tap into their natural curiosity and use their creativity to solve problems.
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