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The Marion County Sheriffs Office will conduct “Shop with a Cop” during the week of December 13. Heith Hogan will coordinate of the logistics of collecting the donations.

Harrison- The Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District (NWAEDD) is pleased to announce that 14 communities across the nine-county region have recently been awarded grant funds totaling more than $1 million from state & federal agencies. There were several successful grant proposals for 2021 and the last quarter of the year was no exception.

The Marion County Budget Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Annex.

Starting Monday, January 10, Marion County Road MC 4021 will be closed to do work on the Clear Creek slab. There not a definite timeline for repairs and the public will be notified when project completed from the Marion County Judge’s office. Thank you for your patience on this matter.

The issue of bill rates paid by medical centers to travel nurse companies was a topic of interest when the Arkansas Legislature held a joint committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 3 between the House and Senate committees on public health, welfare, and labor. House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Chairman Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro began the meeting by explaining that he and other legislators had received calls about the state’s traveling nurse programs related to pay and travel. He requested information to assist legislators in understanding the program. Present to explain the traveling nursing program were Trenda Ray, PhD., RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor at UAMS and Michael Givens, Administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jodiane Tritt, executive vice president of the Arkansas Hospital Association was also present. Ray attended via Zoom due to the current Covid-19 surge UAMS is experiencing. She gave an overview of how UAMS had implemented traveling nurses even prior to the pandemic.