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The economics of agriculture will be the topic of the 2025 Economic Update Luncheon presented by The Point Financial and the North Arkansas College Foundation. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, January 21, in the John Paul Hammerschmidt Conference Center on Northark’s South Campus.

Lacie Bettencourt and Margaret Ott of Ol South Catering Company was named Best Food Truck and Best Catering Company for the Best of Twin Lakes 2024 in Flippin Jennifer Obert, Lynsie Treat, Savanna Woelbing and Mariah are pictured above after being named Best of Twin Lakes 2024 Hair Salon in Flippin. Below is a picturesque photo of cardinals sitting on branches of trees in the snow that gathered during the snowstorm last weekend in Mountain Home.

On January 10 and 11, Arkansas saw Winter Storm Cora blow through the state and dump large amounts of wet snow covering the landscape with a fresh white blanket of snow that was a welcome sight for children from Southeast to Northwest Arkansas. Some areas watched in amazement as a foot plus fell to the ground. Here some pictures from Marion County and surrounding areas. More photos at flippinonline.com

magazine in Little Rock, then in 1988 he became general manager of Helena Daily World. In 1991, he returned to Louisiana as publisher of the Minden Press Herald. After he left the newspaper business he worked as communications manager for Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, then as manager of Clay County Electric Cooperative before retiring to Mount Ida.

In this special year-end issue of Arkansas Publisher Weekly, we remember those connected to APA and Arkansas journalism who died in 2024 and whose legacies will live on through the lives they touched. Many of the fallen journalists have helped set up the structure of Journalism in Arkansas. These journalists will be missed as well as their contributions.

Friday- Partly cloudy with a high near 37 degrees and a low near 20 degrees. Saturday- Increasing clouds with a high near 38 degrees and a low around 18 degrees.