Mike McClintock, Boone County staff chair for the Extension Services, spoke to the adults and teens from the Leadership Classes and talked about agriculture as a career.
Dr. Rick Massengale, president of North Arkansas College, welcomed the group to the Economic Update Luncheon held Wednesday, March 15, at the JPH conference room at the South Campus of North Arkansas College.
The Harrison City Council met Thursday night, March 23, and gave final approval for the leasing contract for a new fleet of police, code enforcement and park vehicles. According to financial projections by Luke Feighert, the city’s chief financial officer, the lease agreement will “break even” with projected costs over the next eight to 10 years if the city had elected to continue purchasing and maintaining vehicles for those departments.
Mike McClintock, Boone County staff chair for the Extension Services, spoke to the adults and teens from the Leadership Classes and said, “We have been doing this a long time. We are very proud of what we do here. The Arkansas Extension Service is a part of the University of Arkansas. Every state has a land-grant university. This all came about after the Civil War and the land-grant universities all had outreach programs and that is us.”
Arkansas state Senator Bryan King (District 28) and state Representatives Harlan Breaux (District 6) and Ron McNair (District 5) met with the public at a legislative forum on Tuesday morning, March 21. The Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted the forum and gave the lawmakers the opportunity to update the public on pending legislation in Little Rock. Recent legislation on social issues was one of the topics considered at the event.
FAYETTEVILLE — No. 5 Arkansas just finished an 18-game homestand and now will head to LSU for its first true road games of the 2023 season.
HARRISON — Monday will be the last time to watch Heart of the Ozarks senior athletes play their final high school contest.
DAV Chapter 6 invites all veterans having a service connection disability of 0% or more to join the organization every third Tuesday at noon, at Western Sizzlin' in Harrison. Come early if you'd like to purchase lunch.
FAYETTEVILLE — No. 5 Arkansas won its 14th game in a row on Tuesday with a 12-2 run-rule victory over Southeast Missouri State.
FAYETTEVILLE — No. 8 Arkansas will take on No. 4 UConn on Thursday night at 6:15 p.m. at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas and the game will be televised on CBS.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is proposing to widen Highway 65 between Highway 7 and Industrial Park Road; and improvements at the intersection of Highway 65, North. Main Street, and Industrial Park Road in Harrison. This project is a partnership between ARDOT and the City of Harrison.
In a day of double-digit wins, the closest boys game of the day was played by the two schools that are the closest in location to each other.
Action on Monday in the North Arkansas College Senior Girls Invitational Tournament had some exciting games. The last one was the most exciting of the day.
Last season the Lendel Thomas Tournament held annually at Harrison High School took on a different look.
Kingston went scoreless in the last 3:27 of the game with Omaha in the North Arkansas College Senior Boys Invitational Tournament.
Monday’s five game schedule at the North Arkansas College’s Senior Boys and Girls Invitational Tournament was cut the three games.
The first game of the North Arkansas College Senior Girls Invitational Tournament saw a pair of short-handed teams take the floor.
