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Little Rock– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is standing alongside attorneys general from across America today taking their case against President Biden’s illegal vaccine mandates for large employers and healthcare workers all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Arkansas joined 26 states in urging that the Supreme Court block Biden’s overreaching mandates.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Braun (R-IN) and congressional Republicans in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) regarding today’s case considering the Biden Administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccine mandate.

Backwood Rebel will perform at the Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts on January 22, 2022. It is on Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the doors open at 6 p.m. This show is a free event, but we do ask for a donation at intermission to help cover the cost of the band and the facility.

The Yellville City Council, along with Mayor Shawn Lane, worked diligently at its first meeting of the year to cover certain matters effecting the city throughout the year. First to be accepted by council members Lorna Goodwin, Vickie Fogerty, Layton Lee and Clark Gustin was the adoption of the rules and procedures for each meeting, stating meetings would continue the first Monday of the month at 6 p.m.

Mountain Home, AR– Today Robert “Bob” Lowery, former district court judge and Baxter County Justice of the Peace, announced his candidacy for the open seat of District Judge for the Tenth District. The 10th Judicial District covers Baxter and Marion counties. He released the following statement:

Many things can come to mind when we think of invasive species. It can happen in plant life or animal life. Almost always these are not a good thing and take substantial time and money to control them. Several of these species were imported from other areas because of the benefits they could supply, but later it was found out that those benefits did not outweigh the nuisance they caused or were even a benefit at all. Some things that come to mind are Sericea Lespedeza, Queen Anne’s Lace, and feral hogs. We will discuss some ways to manage these problems.