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A plan to widen a portion of Highway 65 in Van Buren County will move forward after the Arkansas Department of Transportation provided public notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed improvements that will go from Highway 254 in Dennard to Highway 10 in Botkinburg. The Federal Highway Administration has issued the FONSI, which means the project will not have a significant impact on the human or natural environment. This step clears the way for the next phase of project development…
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights, impacting flights going to and from Clinton National Airport in Little Rock.
One Arkansas pizza stop has a painted school bus nearby, while another serves Memphis-style barbecue right beside its pies. A third bakes in a little Ozark mountain town. Some restaurants feel like part of the road trip itself. After hours of leaf peeping, a hot slice with a little personality can be especially appealing.
Mountain Home has the permits, the engineers and a barge on the lake for a new water intake on Norfork Lake. What it does not have yet is the $100 million to $120 million to build it. That figure, which Mayor Hillrey Adams gave during his annual report to the...
Mike Mills lives in a beautiful place. As founder of Buffalo Outdoor Center in Ponca, he welcomes nearly a million visitors annually to experience clear waters, sweeping bluffs and beautiful woodlands he calls home. In his free time, he often hikes the Lost Valley Trail, and he can be pretty certain of what he will find when he goes there.
Baxter County will open bids this month on a new building to house the collector and assessor and a voting center that will get early voting out of church fellowship halls, County Judge Kevin Litty told the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday. “I’m pleased to report the...
Today’s birthday girl is Martha Wilhelmine Bertha Schmdtke, who, according to a transcription of her German baptism record below, was born on November 12, 1867. Bertha’s later gravestone says she was born on that date in 1868. Her death certificate says she was born on January 17, 1866. I happen to think that she was born in 1867 because a church record also uses that date. Bertha was the daughter of Friedrich and Wilhelmina (Nehm) Schmidtke. When Bertha came to America aboard the ship, Dresden, in 1892, she was said to be 24 years old. Her passenger list says she was from Konigsberg and headed towards Illinois.
The City of Bull Shoals has been placed under a Boil Water Order until further notice. Due to a broken water main feeding the City’s water tower, the entire water distribution system has been affected. As a precautionary measure, all residents and businesses within the City of Bull Shoals...
Scout Clean Energy has begun operating its 183 MW Nimbus Wind Farm in Carroll County, Arkansas. The $400 million facility, the state’s largest wind farm, comprises 30 turbines and is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 40,000 homes annually. The project’s output is covered by a...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will conduct boundary line maintenance along a 113-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 66-mile section at Norfork Lake. On Bull Shoals Lake,...
Randy Zook, President and CEO of Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce spoke Monday morning at the “State of the City” and “State of the County” breakfast at the Trout Room of Vada Sheid at ASU-Mountain Home. Zook talked with Heather Loftis of KTLO, Classic Hits and...
Brayden Adams of the Baxter Health laboratory has received a Heroes with Halos award, the hospital foundation’s recognition for staff singled out by the patients they care for. The award was presented by Anthony Reed, vice president of ancillary services; Cindy Costa and Trisha Terry of the Baxter Health...
A Mountain Home youth golfer has won a title in a six-tournament tour in northwest Arkansas. Nine-year-old Charlie Barton dominated the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation Northwest Arkansas Local Tour by winning all six tournaments. Barton won the first tournament Aug. 16 at Bella Vista Country Club. He followed that up...
Artwork created by Russellville-based artist and printmaker Neal Harrington will be a featured design for the Walmart AMP’s collector tickets for the 2027 season. Harrington primarily works in relief printmaking in his visual art pieces. “The bold and graphic marks of the woodcut-relief technique reiterate the tension and energy of the figures,” Harrington says about his work.
The Berryville Bobcats’ season is already a success. For the first time since 2006, the Bobcats are headed to the playoffs, ending a postseason drought surpassed by only Paragould among Arkansas high schools. Berryville comes to Stuttgart as the 4A-1’s No. 5 seed after finishing the regular season 5-5,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The Mountain View Lady Yellowjackets used a dominant third quarter to put away Mountain Home and cruise to a 57-27 victory during the Lady Bombers’ season opener Thursday night at Von Dean Jeffery Gymnasium. Mountain View junior Erin Akins pumped in 21 points and tallied...
Baxter Health announced Tuesday it has posted requests for a hospital-wide nursing communication system and three three new Type III ambulances. Baxter Health has posted a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a hospital-wide nursing communication system, supported in whole or in part by the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program. The...
Wyatt Gilley scored 24 points, Westin Swearingin added 14 and Tatum Dodillet scored 12 to lead the Yellville-Summit Panthers in a rout over the Eureka Springs Highlanders 66-35 on Thursday night. Thanks to scores six points each from Gilley and Swearingin, a three-pointer from Braden Walker and a basket from...
