News

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.

Twin Lakes Golf Course will be hosting the 9th Annual James Henderson Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, August 6. In the event of rain, the make up date is scheduled for Saturday, August 13.

Little Rock – The recent auction of tax-delinquent properties in Marion County raised over $700,000, the Commissioner of State Lands announced. The auction drew 43 bidders, who purchased 43 of the 53 available parcels for a total of $701,464.70 for county and state government.

Little Rock –The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arkansas, for its 2022 Small Grains County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS).

Little Rock — Experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host a free webinar July 21 to offer guidance to Arkansas cattle producers struggling with drought. “Our cattle producers statewide are struggling right now to survive this drought, and many of them face some tough decisions,” Vic Ford, extension’s associate president for agriculture and natural resources, said.