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County Business for MC

The meeting began with the prayer and the Pledge of allegiance recited by the Judge, Court and Spectators of the meeting. Justices Joyce McCalla, Rick White, Claudia Brigham, Wesley Shipman, Brady Madden Mike Scrima, Talon Vancuren, and Marty Nickels were in attendance along with John Massey and special correspondent Carl McBee Jr. represent the Mountaineer Echo. Absent from the meeting was Justice James Underwood.
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FDA Alert

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public that several categories of FDA-regulated products purchased from Jan. 1, 2021, through the present from Family Dollar stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee may be unsafe for consumers to use. The impacted products originated from the company’s distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, where an FDA inspection found insanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products to become contaminated.
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February Black History Month

This year’s theme for Black History Month is Black health and wellness; past themes have included the family, Black migrations, and Black women in American culture and history, among others. Black History Month: The celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G.
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97 School Districts in red or purple zones on ACHI map for new covid-19 infections

Little Rock- Ninety-seven of Arkansas’s 234 contiguous public-school districts have COVID-19 infection rates of 50 or more new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, down from 225 last week, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Thursday, citing its analysis of Arkansas Department of Health data current as of Monday.
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Boozman Calls on President to Prioritize Solutions to Skyrocketing Inflation

WASHINGTON – As Arkansans are forced to stretch their paychecks to put food on the table, heat their homes and fill up their vehicles, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is calling on the Biden administration to end its tax-and-spending agenda and focus on the priorities of the American public to control our nation’s skyrocketing inflation.
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