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by Cindy Young Considering some new information received, the Bull Shoals City Council acted on a longstanding issue they had been dealing with for many months, if not years, at their regular meeting on Thursday, July 27.

Little Rock – Auditor of State Dennis Milligan, who took office on Jan. 10th, issued the following statement today regarding the death of his successor, State Treasurer Mark Lowery: “I am shocked and disheartened to hear of the passing of State Treasurer Mark Lowery. The death of a fellow Constitutional officer and public servant is terrible news to hear.

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing his office will hold its inaugural Human Trafficking Summit in October and that registration is open: “Human trafficking is a reprehensible crime that preys on our most vulnerable Arkansans. It disregards human dignity, exploits the innocent and shatters lives.

In 2022, for the second year in a row, U.S. drug overdose deaths exceeded 100,000.

As summer winds down and the excitement of a new school year builds, families across the state are planning for the added expense of back-to-school shopping. This year, consumers are expected to spend close to $600 per child on clothes, shoes, and school supplies.

August is here and yes, we’ve had a hot dry spell, but that is normal for this time of year, and we have had it a lot worse in prior years, but have we thought about what we would like to do this fall as far as a garden, or preparing our yard for winter, or maybe even planting trees? We will look at some of these options in this week’s article. Let’s start with lawn maintenance.

Well, grab a chair. For this is quite a story, and it happened over 100 years ago now.

I have been contacted by several readers about the Buffalo River float trip I am going to conduct on Saturday, October 28. It is going to be an all-day interpretive trip on the river celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the first such float trip I took there.