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Hwy 65 widening project to move forward

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…

Van Buren County, AR · 2d
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Temporary full road closure scheduled for Bull Shoals Dam

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KAIT) - Drivers who use Highway 178 over Bull Shoals Dam will need will need an alternate route Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 17-19. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled a full road closure across the dam Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 17-19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bull Shoals, AR · 2d
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Mountain Home searching for funding for $100 million to $120 million water intake

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...

Mountain Home, AR · 2d
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This Remote Ozarks Restaurant Serves Fresh Trout Right Beside The Spring-Fed Creek

Bald eagles at breakfast. Hummingbird feeders outside the dining room windows. A trout stream running just past your table. That is a real morning menu deep in the Missouri Ozarks. The trout here are no small fry, either. Recent anglers report fish averaging around three pounds, and the private stream...

Ozark County, MO · 4d
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Gassville council seat heads to Dec. 1 runoff

Gassville voters will return to the polls Dec. 1 to settle the one race the Nov. 3 general election left open in Baxter County, the Ward 1, Position 2 seat on the Gassville City Council. Robert Simmons and Michael Fouts advance to the runoff after neither cleared the margin state...

Gassville, AR · 2d

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Baxter Health laboratory employee honored with Heroes with Halos award

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...

Baxter County, AR · 2d

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Conway Co. FD providing free smoke detectors to residents

The Conway County Fire Department received 200 smoke detectors this week through the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board Grant, and the department is making these life-saving devices available free of charge to anyone in the community who needs one, while supplies last. To request a free smoke detector, you’re asked to scan the QR code on the Conway County Fire Department Facebook post announcing the program. Working alongside local church partners, the department will make sure your new smoke detector is properly installed in your home. The Conway County Fire Department is actively working to secure additional grant funds and, through local partnerships, to bring even more detectors to Conway County…

Conway County, AR · 1d

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Scout’s $400 Million Nimbus Wind Farm Enters Operation

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...

Carroll County, AR · 1d

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The Hartwig-Schmidtke Couple Migrates to Cleveland

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.

Cleveland, AR · 1d

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State Chamber chief says Baxter County’s low workforce participation is an opportunity, not a problem

Fewer than 44 out of every 100 working-age Baxter County residents hold a job or are looking for one, and the head of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce told a Mountain Home audience Monday that number should catch the eye of any employer looking to expand. “This is a...

Baxter County, AR · 3d

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Everyone Can Help When it Comes to Keeping Arkansas’ Natural Spaces Clean

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.

Arkansas · 20h

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Baxter Health seeks bids for three new ambulances

Baxter Health is taking proposals for three new ambulances to expand its EMS fleet, the second purchase the health system has put out to bid this week under Arkansas’ Rural Health Transformation Program. The bid calls for three Type III units, the box-style ambulances built on a van chassis....

Fulton County, AR · 1d

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Mountain Home’s Naz Johnson up for Arkansas High School Football Player of the Week for Nov. 5-7

Several impact players help their teams record victories in the regular season finales and now get ready for the postseason. It’s finally playoff time in Arkansas high school football. But before we look ahead to the tantalizing postseason matchups in all of the classifications, it’s time to take a...

Arkansas · 18h

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Mountain Home youth golfer wins U.S. Kids Golf Foundation NW Arkansas Tour

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...

Mountain Home, AR · 2d

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Study reveals declining access to maternity care in Arkansas

A new national study is raising concerns about declining access to maternity care in Arkansas, particularly in rural communities. The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center examined hospital-based obstetric services in every U.S. county from 2010 through 2024. The report – issued last week – found that Conway County was among nine counties in the state which lost hospital-based obstetric services during that time period; and that Perry, Van Buren and Yell Counties were among 40 counties that did not have the services at all during the time period examined…

Arkansas · 2d

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Barnes to receive UCA Distinguished Alumni Award

Veteran journalist and Conway County native Steve Barnes is one of two individuals selected to receive the University of Central Arkansas 2027 Distinguished Alumni Award. Barnes and accounting and philanthropic leader Susan Davenport will be recognized at an event on Saturday, March 6th, at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UCA campus…

Conway, AR · 2d

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Historical Society hosts Heritage Holiday at museum Dec. 5

The Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society will open the Baxter County Historical Museum for its Heritage Holiday celebration Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum, at 300 Bomber Blvd. in Mountain Home, will offer tours, refreshments and a crafters’ market. KTLO will broadcast live from...

Mountain Home, AR · 1d

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Fire rating drops to Class 2, sales tax edges toward another record in Adams’ State of the City report

Mountain Home homeowners and businesses inside the city limits will see their fire protection rating improve to ISO Class 2 on Jan. 1, Mayor Hillrey Adams told the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday, a change he said should show up on insurance bills if policyholders ask for it.

Mountain Home, AR · 1d

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Lady Bomber Basketball looking to build off state finals appearance

The Mountain Home Lady Bomber basketball team, fresh off a 25-8 season, that featured a trip to the 5A state finals, is back in action on Thursday night. Led by head coach Dell Leonard who is in year 29 as head coach of the Lady Bombers. After graduating a class that included Brooklynn Mitchell, Jayla Yonkers, and Livi Fosness, all of which have continued their careers to the division 2 level, the Lady Bombers will be looking to continue where they left off last year.

Mountain Home, AR · 1d

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City of Mountain Home to consider economical ordinance preservation transition

The Mountain Home City Council will transition to a more economical method of preserving municipal ordinances beginning Jan. 1, 2027, as the city’s traditional metal-bound ordinance books become increasingly expensive and difficult to maintain. City Clerk Scott Liles suggested the proposed change during the council’s Nov. 5, meeting, explaining...

Mountain Home, AR · 2d