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Winter Grazing

While cold weather and Christmas shopping might not be on the top of our mind, it is time to think about winter feeding strategies and inventory. Pre-planning to maximize utilization rates and extend the grazing season could help to combat current high feed costs and fuel prices. Depending on location, producers have many options for winter feeding.
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Excessive Force? Or Justified?

Two Crawford County deputies were suspended, and a Mulberry police officer is on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing a violent arrest, causing outrage on social media. The deputies and officer involved in the video have now been identified as Crawford County deputy Zack King, Crawford County deputy Levi White and Mulberry officer Thell Riddle.
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Conservation Corner

Walk Across Arkansas is back for its fall event September 12 – November 6. The eight-week exercise program is organized each spring and fall by the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, with the goal of helping Arkansans improve their health.
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LIGHTNIN’ RIDGE

BA week ago, I spent several days in South Dakota with a man by the name of Joel Vosek, and I will write more about him and the 108-mile Ft. Reynolds Lake we fished in another column.
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Protection provided by vendor to affected members of

Little Rock – Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield/BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas and Health Advantage, announced today support for current and former members whose information was accessed through a vendor that was the target of a ransomware attack. Steps are being taken by the vendor to protect approximately 12,328 members whose information may have been affected.
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Rummage Sale

Operation Christmas Child of North Central Arkansas is having a rummage sale/Expo at East Oakland Baptist Church on 3095 Highway 62 E, Mountain Home, AR, 72653. It will be on Friday, September 2, from noon to 6 p.m.
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Baxter Health Physical Therapy Clinic at Hardy to Host Ribbon Cutting

Mountain Home – The Baxter Health Physical Therapy Clinic at Hardy, located adjacent to Access Medical Clinic, invites the community to a Ribbon Cutting event commemorating the clinic opening and introducing the new community care providers. The event will be held on Friday, September 9, 2022, rain, or shine, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the clinic, located at 4196 US-62, Suite B, in Hardy. The formal Ribbon Cutting is set to take place at 12:15 p.m. Baxter Health leadership, along with clinic staff, will be enjoying light refreshments to celebrate the clinic opening with the local community.
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