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Affordable Health Screenings Coming to Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Bull Shoals, Arkansas – Residents living in and around the Bull Shoals, Arkansas can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post 1341 will host this community event on April 23, 2022. The site is located at 1206 Central Boulevard in Bull Shoals.
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ACHI board proposes ‘Day of Reflection and Healing’

Little Rock- Over the past two years, Arkansas has felt the impact of the pandemic in many ways. To date, more than 11,000 Arkansans have died because of COVID-19. Community and faith leaders have an opportunity now to help Arkansans process the traumas and human losses we have experienced during the pandemic, the board of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Thursday.
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Beals for MC Sheriff

Hello, my name is Dustin Beals, and I’d like to tell you about myself and explain why I am a strong candidate for your next Sheriff of Marion County. A 1991 graduate of Yellville-Summit, I joined the United States Marine Corps- where I spent four of the most memorable years of my life.
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Huckabee Sanders visits Yellville

Sarah Huckabee Sanders visited Marion County on Tuesday, April 5, around 5:30 p.m. to rally support for her campaign to become the next Governor of the State of Arkansas. Huckabee Sanders addressed a crowd of approximately 300 people to a crowd in the parking lot outside of Black Sheep BBQ restaurant.
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James A. Gaston Butterfly Garden

If you have not been to the White River State Park Visitors Center and walked through the James A. Gaston Butterfly Garden, you are missing out on one of the beautiful gardens maintained by Marion County Master Gardeners. The garden was originally established in 2007, with a $5,000 grant from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Project WILD. The grant was awarded to a combination of agencies including Crooked Creek Conservation District, Arkansas State Parks, and Marion County Master Gardeners for a Butterfly Garden to teach youth of all ages about wildlife, conservation and the environment.
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