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MC Implements Orion Damage Assessment

On April 12, 2022, Marion County Quorum Court voted to approve the purchase of the Orion Damage Assessment program for the Marion County Office of Emergency Management, Ordinance 2022-20. The Orion system utilizes information that is assessed during or after a storm to calculate and pre-fill FEMA required forms for reimbursement of repairs to roads/bridges, public infrastructure and calculate the amount of damage to personal property.
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Welcome to Baxter Health

Mountain Home – Baxter Regional Medical Center announced this week that it will now be known as Baxter Health as part of a new branding strategy. The new branding strategy will simplify things for patients while also migrating the organization towards a more inclusive health system for the 11 counties it serves.
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Invasive Plants

Conservation is about saving, about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, invasive plants. We should “Rip them to Shreds” as one article I read stated.
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