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Gas Prices Decline Going into Labor Day;

BOSTON - After a seemingly never-ending spring of price-hikes at the pump, gas prices gas prices have declined every week of the summer and are expected to be the lowest since March 3 and 20% lower than on July 4, at $3.79* per gallon. According to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving American drivers the most money on gas, prices this Labor Day weekend will continue to fall slightly from summer highs, though remain over 60¢ per gallon more expensive than last year.
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Rutledge Announces Major Victory in Fight to End Opioid Epidemic

LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced that a federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Arkansas and forty-one other states, allowing the coalition to proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Indivior, Inc. and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for market manipulation of their product Suboxone, a prescription medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction.
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Public options for dove season

Randy Zellers, AGFC Little Rock – Dove hunters searching for a place to hunt still have a few days to scout some fields for opening weekend, but the clock is ticking. In case you haven’t been able to find a location through private fields, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission prepares a few locations on public land for hunters who want to enjoy a first shot at the season.
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Mama Drew the Short Straw

Last week I wrote about my brother’s and sister’s first cars, My first car came when I was a junior in high school so it was the 1970’s and outside the time frame of this column. However, my driving lessons began when I was 12, so here we go. As I thought about this, I wondered how Karma determined which parent taught, I know in my case, my Mama drew the short straw.
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Who Cares About Bull Shoals Library?

The people of Bull Shoals have supported a local library since 1981 when North Arkansas Regional Library retired a small bookmobile for Bull Shoals to use as a Library, according the The History of Bull Shoals by Robert Harper. The Social Concerns Committee of the United Methodist Church ran the bookmobile as a service to the community. It was replaced by a larger bookmobile in 1984.
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