Friday, October 14, Turkey Trot 2022 began with the local bands playing after opening remarks from Representative Jack Fortner of Yellville. The planners were lucky enough to get gorgeous weather with hi temperatures in the low 80’s and low temperatures in the upper 60’s and all the sunlight needed to have a spectacular time.
Average gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 3.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.35/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,826 stations in Arkansas. Prices in Arkansas are 16.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 37.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 18.7 cents in the last week and stands at $5.06 per gallon.
Lion and Phoenix Productions, the traveling company of the Imperial Dinner Theatre, will be bringing a family friendly dinner show to Bull Shoals for a matinee on Friday, October 21. Hosted at The Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts, the melodrama “Countdown at the Fied Piper Saloon -or- The Legend of Johnny Rash” is a fun-filled musical melodrama full of zany characters.
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.
Conservative Republican Rick White has announced he is running for re-election as Justice of the Peace District-4, (Flippin). Rick has been serving as your JP since 2019.
Loretta Lynn born as Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Holler Kentucky, Passed away on October 4, 2022, in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Loretta Lynn was the eldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie and Melvin Theodore Webb. Lynn and her siblings are of Irish descent. She was named after the film star Loretta Young.
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.