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By: Ken Cornwell, MHS Communications Background noise can make it hard for almost anyone to have a conversation. However, if you have more trouble than others hearing and understanding conversations in a noisy environment, it could be a sign that you have hearing loss, or it may be a condition known as central auditory processing disorder.

Winter Temperatures continue to NCA! Friday- Cloudy with a chance of snow with a high near 24 degrees and a low near 10 degrees Friday night. Saturday- Partly cloudy with a high of 24 degrees and a low near 6 degrees. Sunday- Cloudy with a chance of snow and high around 20 degrees and a low near 5 degrees. Next week: Expect winter weather early in the week with varing highs and lows from the teens Monday and Tuesday and 30s in the middle of the week.

The Soup Sisters Ministry (SSM) and Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (WELCA) of Christ by the Lake Lutheran Church in Bull Shoals recently donated a new freezer to Hospice of the Ozarks.

FLIPPIN - City Hall and Water Department has Moved to 203 N 1st Street (old Farmers & Merchants Bank). We are excited to announce that City Hall and Water Department has moved to our new home! After many years of being housed with our Police Department and Fire Department, we have outgrown that facility.

Alexa Henning, Governor’s Office LITTLE ROCK — Governor Sanders today announced that Arkansas has joined Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program that will aid families to purchase food during the summer months for children who qualify for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Summer EBT is launching this year and will provide $120 in food benefits for each eligible child over the summer months.

Hello, Marion County! My name is Phyllis Graham, and I am a Republican seeking your vote for Marion County JP District 7. I have lived in Rea Valley for 8 years after moving here from Blytheville, and I love where I live.

The first bottle of a reagent that can be used in life-saving cancer therapy developed by Our Blood Institute has been distributed by OBI LittleRock ─ Our Blood Institute is excited to announce a groundbreaking milestone. For the past two years OBI has been developing a method that would allow blood donated by our dedicated donors to make reagents used for life-saving cancer therapies.

submitted by Nate Bell, ACT Little Rock – Today, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected four submissions for proposed popular names and ballot titles for the Arkansas Citizens for Transparency (ACT) Drafting Committee’s proposed constitutional amendment aimed at maintaining and protecting government transparency in Arkansas.