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MOUNTAIN HOME – Baxter Regional Medical Center is not in-network with United Healthcare Medicare Advantage Plans, AARP Medicare Advantage from United Healthcare (HMO) Plans or Wellcare Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plans. The HMO out-of-network coverage is zero for healthcare services received at Baxter Regional Medical Center. As a patient, these plans require you to be responsible for 100% of your Baxter Regional charges.

Pine Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is holding a Chili Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, October 15, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. There will be multiple types of chili and cornbreads to sample. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for kids.

MOUNTAIN VIEW – The Stringband Music & Arts Festival will feature Ozark Mountain dancing, handcrafted art and lively stringband music Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct.

FAYETTEVILLE – Arvest Bank has once again placed on Newsweek magazine’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces list, this year landing at Number 47. The ranking is a collaboration with the Best Practice Institute – a leadership development and benchmark research company – and is designed to honor businesses that put respect, caring and appreciation for their employees at the center of their business model.

The October dinner meeting of the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association will be held Tuesday, October 25, at 6:30 in the old Yellville-Summit cafeteria. The meeting will be sponsored by First Service Bank and the program will be presented by the Marion County 4-H members.

Average gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.19/g today, according to Gas-Buddy’s survey of 1,826 stations in Arkansas. Prices in Arkansas are 5.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 36.4 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 2.9 cents in the last week and stands at $4.86 per gallon.