Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. more

At their Thursday, March 28 meeting, Harrison City Council approved an ordinance that will give eclipse revelers the ability to consume alcohol within the limitations of the Entertainment District in Harrison. more

DIAMOND CITY — Diamond City welcomed a new mayor, treasurer, and police officer at a council meeting held on Tuesday, March 26. The town has recently undergone a period of unrest, seeing many council members seek to resign and then return earlier this month. more

Newton County Community Matters, a coalition of non-profit entities serving county residents met Thursday, March 28, and began to investigate steps to provide philanthropic assistance to meet community needs. more

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter. The First Baptist Church of Lead Hill will hold Easter Sunday Service followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for all children up to 6th grade. more

Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network (ABHIN) is hosting the first ever ReEntry Fair in Harrison, AR on Friday, April 26 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Durand Center. This event is aimed at bringing together much needed resources for people reentering the community after incarceration, addiction treatment, or homelessness. more

Sunday is Easter, also called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, the holiest of Christian holidays and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. more

This story took place long ago, during the terrible and desperate times of the War Between the States here in the Ozarks. No property, indeed, no life was safe. With most of the young able-bodied men gone to fight, women, children, and old men were left to fend for themselves against marauders, bushwackers, thieves, cutthroats, in uniform and out, that roamed the Ozark hills “….like a roaring lion, looking who they may devour.” The written version of this story was done by Josephine (Joe) Wright Crump, and comes from archival materials at the University of Arkansas Library. I have not edited it, nor have I changed any spellings. Sentences are as they were written by Mrs.Wright; the language and dialect are of the type commonly spoken in that time long ago. Enjoy this story of how a young Ozark girl outsmarted a foraging party of Federals (Yankees) that descended upon the family farm, looking for anything they could get (steal), and saved her beloved pet horse! more

The Historic Harrison Downtown has architecturally beautiful, well-built buildings from the early 1900s. Individuals are working hard to preserve that history, bring in additional businesses, and improve the quality of life. more

Local schools have begun preparing for new students, with kindergarten registrations getting started for the 2024-25 school year. To be eligible to attend kindergarten, a student must be 5 years of age on or before August 1, 2024.  more

Harrison students will have the opportunity to participate in Camp Invention again this year. In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Harrison Schools is excited to host the nationally acclaimed program to children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. more

Michael Brewer, of Harrison, age 24, is currently being held without bond in the Boone County Jail for the charge of capital murder after a fatal shooting occurred on the morning of Dec. 15, 2023. more

Bonnie Baker, wife of the late Bill Baker, the founding president of North Arkansas College will receive the 2024 Pioneer Impact award presented by the Northark Foundation. This award was established in 2018 to recognize individuals for their service to Northark and the community. more

The Boone/Newton County Retired Teachers and Support Staff Association recently held their March meeting. more

Last year, the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District (NWAEDD) secured a Rural Business Development Grant through USDA Rural Development. The grant will help boost both Harrison and Mountain Home in their downtown revitalization efforts. more

FedEx has been instituting a number of cost control practices as part of their DRIVE transformation initiative which began last year. The initiative was presented to investors as a plan to “consolidate its operating companies into one organization, creating efficiencies that will enhance the company’s ability to meet the evolving needs of customers and ultimately build a stronger, more profitable enterprise.” A surge in cost of shares last week is attributed to the DRIVE efforts. more

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) held its monthly board of directors meeting on Tuesday, March 26. The meeting saw a number of positive reports about ongoing activities at the hospital. more

The Great American Eclipse will arrive on Monday, April 8, and although Harrison will not be in the path of totality, other parts of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center's (NARMC) service area will. The eclipse is expected to draw large numbers of visitors, and the hospital has made plans for it, said Sammie Cribbs, the hospital's president and CEO, in the administrator's report to the Board of Directors held Tuesday afternoon, March 26. more

Cheryl Grant lives near Yellville. She relocated to the Ozarks from Colorado, “I knew I wanted to relocate somewhere just as quiet and peaceful as it was where I grew up,” she shared, “so I started researching and found just the right place at just the right time.” more

The Boone County DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Chapter 06, recently presented the Presidential Volunteer Award to the following individuals.  more