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Little Rock– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced an allocation to the Arkansas National Guard Foundation of $250,000 that will directly support members of the Arkansas National Guard, veterans, survivors and their families. The Foundation provides support to the 8,000 currently serving Guard families and the 250,000 veterans across Arkansas through programs in all 75 counties.

Fayetteville– Arvest Equipment Finance announced today it closed more than $418.6 million in gross production in 2021, a record total for the division of Arvest Bank. That represents a year-over-year increase of more than 49 percent.

ROGERS- Winter weather has increased the number of home fires. The American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas is recruiting new volunteers to help respond to these local emergencies by supporting people in their time of greatest need.

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.

Fayetteville- Washington Regional will revise hours of operation for its COVID-19 hotline and drive-thru testing clinic. Effective Monday, February 21, the COVID-19 hotline, which can be reached at 479.463.2055 and provides information about COVID-19 illness, testing and vaccinations, will have the following schedule: Monday – Friday: 8 a.m.

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.

Mountain Home- Baxter Regional Medical Center’s Sleep DME program has earned a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care by demonstrating no deficiencies and operating at a level of quality, integrity and effectiveness consistent with ACHC standards.

Our February Branch meeting date is scheduled for Saturday February 26, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Alley-White American Legion Post 52 which is located at 717 Market Street, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

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.