August 2022 CALENDAR of EVENTS @ the MARION COUNTY LIBRARY
We have Teen Entertainment after school every weekday. Tuesday August 2: Virtual Games 10 a.m.
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The Best Ideas Come From The Ground Up
Recently, the American Farm Bureau Federation recognized me with the Golden Plow, the highest honor it awards sitting members of Congress. The success I’ve had in shaping ag policy is thanks, in large part, to the Farm Bureau – and especially its Arkansas branch – serving as a vital resource in supporting Natural State farmers, ranchers and foresters.
Read MoreThe Best Ideas Come From The Ground UpY-S Back-to-School Bash
The Yellville-Summit School District (Y-S) will be hosting their annual Back-to-School Bash on Thursday, August 11, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Read MoreY-S Back-to-School BashArkansas Catfish Industry
The catfish industry is the largest component of aquaculture in the United States and a significant industry in Arkansas. In fact, Arkansas catfish farmers contributed $19.5 million to Arkansas’s agricultural economy in 2021. That’s up 17% from the previous year.
Read MoreArkansas Catfish IndustryWAS THERE SILVER IN THEM THAR HILLS
Anyone researching their familiar relationship to the Yocham family in Northern Arkansas, or Southwest Missouri will find plenty of good biographical information about our Yocham patriarchs, James (also known as Jake, and Jacob), and his brothers, Solomon, and Jesse. Whatever else they might have been, they were not dull, or boring.
Read MoreWAS THERE SILVER IN THEM THAR HILLSBSCC Workshop discusses Party’s
On Tuesday, 19 July, the Bull Shoals City Council met 6:30 p.m. to discuss condemnation updates, street paving, annexation, street parking. Alderman Joey Grede, David McBee, Daryl Lindman, Chuck Kinler, along with Tina Bailey, Recorder and David Nixon, Mayor were in attendance.
Read MoreBSCC Workshop discusses Party’sHauling Hay and Picking Up Rocks
For the past eight years, I have lived in my dad’s old house on the family farm down Denton Ferry Road (now called MC 7023). The structure is located on the same spot where the house stood in which he was born in 1923. It’s not the same house but in the same location.
Read MoreHauling Hay and Picking Up RocksArkansas Tax Free Weekend Aug. 6&7
It is estimated that the average family will spend more than $600 per child on back-toschool shopping this year. This time of year can bring a financial burden to many families across Arkansas. That is why we want to remind you about the upcoming Arkansas Sales Tax holiday.
Read MoreArkansas Tax Free Weekend Aug. 6&7Arkansas Tech Startup RMT Named Top Tech for 2nd Consecutive Year
Little Rock - Roadway Management Technologies, headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas is the recipient of the 2022 Top Tech award given by the American Public Works Association. RMT has been awarded this distinction two years in a row. In 2021, RMT was presented with AP- WA’s Top Tech Award for their innovative Asset Management System.
Read MoreArkansas Tech Startup RMT Named Top Tech for 2nd Consecutive YearRUTLEDGE ANNOUNCES ARREST OF FORMER AIDE
Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of Marri Parks, 51, of Little Rock on multiple charges stemming from her time working at the Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock.
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