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Foundation for Aquatic Center starts to take shape
Despite a wet Spring, construction of the City of Mountain Home’s Community and Aquatic Center is moving along quickly. In a round-table meeting with community business leaders on Thursday, Mountain Home Mayor Hillrey Adams said that the first base of concrete has been poured for the center’s gymnasium and that footings on the building have started to be installed.
Lazy Enchilada Grill offers free food in Norfork to raise funds for local churches
Lazy Enchilada Grill, a highly anticipated addition to the culinary landscape of the city of Norfork, proudly announces its soft opening at 14029 Highway 5 South, and the public is invited. The new restaurant is located in the building that previously housed Little B’s Grill. Commencing promptly at 11...
Community working side-by-side to support firefighter injured in off-duty crash
HARDY, Ark. (KAIT) – A Northeast Arkansas community is coming together to support one of their own. Firefighter Bobby Davis of Hardy suffered serious injuries in a side-by-side crash in March. “I was taking my side-by-side back to the house. I rolled and crushed all four of my fingers...
Baxter Health to host public retirement reception for Dr. Bruce White
Baxter Health is pleased to invite the public, employees, volunteers, and medical staff to join us in celebrating and honoring Dr. Bruce White in his retirement at a public reception on Thursday, June 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Baxter Health in the Lagerborg Dining Room. After completing medical...
All of the Lights!
Fresh off the heels of a full solar eclipse, Twin Lake area residents got another chance to witness a rare astrological event after the Northern Lights shined over Norfork and Bull Shoals Lakes following a severe geomagnetic storm Friday evening. The Northern Lights, or the Aurora Borealis, are an atmospheric...
Lions Club chips in for Food Bank’s Feed the Pack program
The Mountain Home Lions Club was happy to present a check for $1,000 to Jeff Quick of the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas and Elisa Murray of Arvest Bank for the Feed the Pack program. Feed the Pack is happening today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feed the...
Big Creek brings on tennis pro Nabillah Dunn for summer coaching
Big Creek Golf & Country Club is welcoming new tennis professional Nabillah Dunn to their lineup. The tennis pro starts June 3 and will be with the golf course all Summer. Dunn is from Houston and is a member of the tennis team at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. She has a 7.5 UTR Tennis Rating and a 4.5 National Tennis Rating Program rating.
Mountain Home, Ark. man dies in motorcycle accident
YELLVILLE, Ark. — A 78-year-old man from Mountain Home, Arkansas, has died after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Yellville, Arkansas on Saturday, May 4. According to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, Wayne Hector Betham was westbound on U.S. Highway 62 at 9:20 a.m. Saturday when his 2002 Honda motorcycle veered off the roadway to […]
Local Ozark blues band prepares for first album launch
It’s an exciting time to be living in the Ozarks! Spring is in full swing, and Summer is quickly approaching. And that means it’s time for some of the Ozarks’ best bands to come out and start performing. With their first EP released on major streaming platforms...
Softball Recap: Fouke falls short of Melbourne in the playoffs
Fouke and Melbourne squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but Fouke had to settle for second. They fell 3-0 to the Melbourne Bearkatz. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Fouke's shutout was a dramatic turnaround. For Melbourne's part, they saw six different players...
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