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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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Collins for MC Coroner

My name is Jim Collins, and I am announcing that I will be a candidate for the Marion County Coroner in November 2022. I have had the honor of serving the people of Marion County as Deputy Coroner under Dan Duren and as Chief Deputy Coroner under Keith Barnes.
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ASL Announces 2022 Arkansas library leadership institute

Little Rock, Ark. (February 9, 2022) – The Arkansas State Library, a division of the Arkansas Department of Education, is pleased to announce the selection of participants for the 2022 class of the Arkansas Library Leadership Institute (ALL-In). Thirty librarians from across the state of Arkansas were selected from a pool of 59 applicants to participate in a year-long program designed to grow the next generation of library leaders in the state of Arkansas.
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YCC approves roads resolution

With a full quorum present, the Yellville City Council Approved Resolution 2022-2, the State Aid Street Program Project Resolution. The resolution will see resurfacing for all of Broadway, from the Yellville City Park to the county line on Fallen Ash Road, and all of Mill Creek except the bridges, according to a city spokesperson.
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