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BRANSON, Mo. (KBSI) – A Missouri veteran who previously lived in his truck with his emotional support dog now has a permanent place to call home, thanks to assistance from Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri and Elevate Branson. According to Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri, a veteran named Victor...
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.
Somewhere in Branson, Missouri, a server is winding up like a relief pitcher in the ninth inning, and the thing they’re about to throw is going to change your entire relationship with bread. Fall Creek Steak & Catfish House has been doing things its own way for a long...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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,...
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.
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...
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....
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...