Leslie Williams band at BSTA
Hello form Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts in Bull Shoals. Our next band is the Leslie Williams Band.
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A Very Taxing Season
This year’s tax season is expected to be difficult. Even the national director of the Taxpayer Advocate Service recently referred to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as an agency “in crisis” with backlogged returns, staff shortages and other historic pandemic-related challenges.
Read MoreA Very Taxing SeasonCovid19 up for third week
Little Rock - For the third consecutive week, all of Arkansas’s 234 contiguous public-school districts have COVID-19 infection rates of 50 or more new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, but the number of districts in the “pink zone” has decreased, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Wednesday, citing its analysis of Arkansas Department of Health data current as of Monday.
Read MoreCovid19 up for third weekStudent’s Coding Solution Solves Sports Scheduling Issue
Today I’d like to talk about the 16-year-old student at Mountain Home High who amazed teachers, coaches, and athletic directors throughout the 6A West football conference when he wrote a computer program that solved a scheduling dilemma that had stumped all of them.
Read MoreStudent’s Coding Solution Solves Sports Scheduling IssueBaxter Regional COVID-19 Update
Mountain Home– As of today, there are 552 active COVID-19 cases in Baxter County, which is what we hope to be the beginning of a downward trend. There are currently 32 COVID-19 patients admitted at Baxter Regional, with 7 in ICU and 5 on ventilators. There are 27 Baxter Regional employees with active COVID-19, at home and in isolation.
Read MoreBaxter Regional COVID-19 UpdateMarion County 4-H Sets Livestock Project Workshops
Yellville- Marion County 4-H will conduct a series of introductory 4-H Livestock Project Workshops for kids ages 5-19 who are interested in exhibiting an animal at the Marion County Fair, according to Extension 4-H Agent Billie Collins.
Read MoreMarion County 4-H Sets Livestock Project WorkshopsRutledge Secures Judgment
Little Rock- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced that a Pulaski County Circuit Court granted the State’s motion for relief against Jayson Cotter of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Cotter conducted business under the name Investment Grade Firearms (IGF). The court found that Cotter defrauded 12 Arkansas consumers and ordered him to pay $28,884 in restitution to consumers and $150,000 in civil penalties. In 2019, Attorney General Rutledge filed suit against Cotter, for violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Read MoreRutledge Secures JudgmentVertical Gardening Maximizes Beauty and Harvest
Go vertical to expand your outdoor gardening space, create privacy and add beauty to bare walls and fences. This centuries-old technique has been used to grow food and flowers, adding beauty and productivity from the ground up. Even those gardening on small city lots, balconies and decks can go vertical to expand their gardening opportunities.
Read MoreVertical Gardening Maximizes Beauty and HarvestInteresting Facts of the Groundhog
Let’s learn about some interesting facts about the groundhog. Well, I am here to let you know what I find. Groundhogs are stout animals and are only found in North America and can weigh up to 13 pounds.
Read MoreInteresting Facts of the GroundhogA Master Sculptor
Last week I wrote about my dream to create a museum along Highway 63 between Houston and Licking, dedicated to the early history of the old-time Ozarks and the Big Piney River where I grew up. I was in Nebraska in October and on the way home I stopped at a restaurant in Lincoln. A man walked up to me and said he remembered me from 1978 when he was a taxidermist in Lincoln.
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