The Yellville City Council met Monday, August 1, to discuss city business to include old business, new business and paying the bills in the Yellville City Hall. Shawn Lane led the meeting that was attend by Clark Gustin, Ken Rigmaiden, Maggie Davenport, Vickie Fogerty and Lorna Goodwin representing the city council.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There is a new way to get help for folks experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis and it’s as easy as dialing 988. In July, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline launched, ushering in a link to crisis centers nationwide through a toll-free number connecting callers to trained counselors for free and confidential care.
Little Rock – Every year the sales tax holiday is the first weekend in August. This year it will be Saturday, August 6, and Sunday, August 7.
Average gasoline prices in in the last week, averaging today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of stations in. Prices in are a month ago and stand a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 13.0 cents in the last week and stands at $5.41 per gallon.
Little Rock – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers and others to attend the second public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Aug. 5.