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Moose Lodge hosts fish & shrimp dinner

July 3, 2024

Mountain Home Moose Lodge #1953 will hold its monthly fried fish and shrimp dinner this coming Friday, June 7, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Guests may order fried fish, fried shrimp or a combination plate which also includes hushpuppies, French fries, coleslaw, vegetable, roll, dessert and a beverage.

July 3, 2024

This week, the Joint Performance Review Committee received testimony from state and county election officials about the use of paper ballots and voting machines. The 94th General Assembly has been diligently working to pass legislation that ensures the security of our elections.

July 3, 2024

Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is a mental health disorder that may develop following a traumatic event in which a person is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. PTSD can be treated, and symptoms can be reduced. The military’s use of its updated 2023 PTSD treatment guidelines will further improve the outlook of PTSD patients.

The Big Piney Pool Hall Rules…

July 3, 2024

I hope to have my Big Piney Museum and Ozark Interpretive Center finished and open by this fall. One of the contents is a pool table that was made in the early 1920s, dubbed an A.E. Schmidt Victory Table. It was sent to the main street pool hall in Houston, Missouri, about 1922. My dad and grandfather bought the pool hall in 1957 when I was 10. From then until 1964, I worked there after school and at various times during the summer.

Dangers for Pets

July 3, 2024

Sometimes we need to talk about things other than a specific animal. And this is one of those times.

July 3, 2024

“Marion County Disaster Recovery Center has been closed until further notice. Baxter County Disaster Recovery Center, located at 1042 Highland Circle, Mountain Home, is open for walk-in access Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.”

MH Charity Golf Classic raises funds for ASUMH Tech Center

June 26, 2024

Several tournament sponsors of the Mountain Home Charity Golf Classic recently presented a check in the amount of $29,670 to ASUMH Chancellor Dr. Bentley Wallace.

Hurst Earns Honors

June 26, 2024

Madison Hurst graduated from Yellville-Summit High School in 2021. Hurst moved to N Little Rock where she graduated from Paul Mitchell Beauty College. Following graduating from beauty School, Hurst then attended University of Central Arkansas, UCA, where Madison Hurst achieved Exemplary Academic Achievement honors for the Spring semester of 2024 and was named a Presidential Scholar.

UCA Announces Bogle as Part of the Incoming Honors

June 26, 2024

The Norbert O. Schedler Honors College has selected 80 incoming first-year students as its newest class of Schedler Honors College Scholars and 40 incoming first-year students for its Schedler Honors Program. KateLynn Bogle of Valley Springs was selected for the Schedler Honors College.

ARA Commits $2 Million in Disaster Recovery Funds

June 26, 2024

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas REALTORS Association (ARA) has pledged to provide $2 million in recovery funds to those impacted by the May 26 tornadoes. Through its nonprofit, Hearts & Homes of Arkansas, the ARA will offer up to $2,000 in disaster assistance per residence for housing-related costs, such as rent and mortgage payments. Since late May, Hearts & Homes has partnered with the REALTORS Relief Foundation to distribute $1.4 million in funding.