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Violinist, dancer Lindsey Stirling to play at AMP

BENTONVILLE — Monday, violinist, dancer and entertainer extraordinaire Lindsey Stirling announced her North American Duality 2024 tour including a stop at the Walmart AMP in Northwest Arkansas on Monday, July 29, as part of the Cox Concert Series. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m.

Boundary line maintenance on Bull Shoals

MOUNTAIN HOME — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 115-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 60-mile section at Norfork Lake.

Beta Upsilon March meeting held

Beta Upsilon met March 5 at the North Arkansas College.

Northark proposes partnership to Jasper

President of North Arkansas College Dr. Rick Massengale went before the Jasper School District Board of Education at its meeting Tuesday night, March 12, and proposed a partnership that would bring college classes to Jasper High School.

Birth announcements

Mark Gabriel Boquirin

Northark invites community to eclipse viewing

North Arkansas College (Northark) invites everyone to the south campus to enjoy activities leading up to the 2024 Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. The eclipse will start at 1:53 p.m.

Camp Jack column: Discovery and Awe

I was lucky to grow up on a small farm where most every day I had the opportunity to discover something new. It might be spotting a critter I had never seen before, seeing the birth of a calf for the first time or watching a tiny seed I planted turning into an amazing thing. Nature is a remarkable teacher and always left me in awe.

Boone County Senior Wellness and Activity Center menu

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

Panel praises Harrison for aggressiveness

During the annual Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon on Tuesday a panel discussion was held featuring three business leaders from across the state.
2023 Jim Devito Tourism Award to Mike Nabors CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / LEE H. DUNLAP

Chamber holds annual meeting

More than 300 people poured into the Durand Center at Signature Tower to honor Harrison area residents for outstanding services to the community.

Flu-related deaths now at 89

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reported 89 influenza-related deaths in the 2023-24 flu season, including 1 pediatric death. It also reports 10 out of 13 for the influenza-like-illness.

News from Lead Hill

They say we all have a little Irish in us on St Patrick's Day. Enjoy.

News from Capps

Greetings from Capps. Spring is in full swing with temperatures in the 80s again last week. My son told me they were expecting a foot of snow in Denver, I don't miss that but wouldn't mind some more rain, as we only got about .8 of an inch last week.

News from Yocum

Well it is the beginning of stuff starting up for spring, the flowers are coming up and blooming and the bradford pear trees are the most beautiful this year. We went down and had family pictures done for my birthday and I had a balloon with a candle that got loose on March 2nd and the last I seen it was heading toward to Inon Bridge. If you see it I like to know how far it got.

Don’t ‘borrow from tomorrow’

I would say, in my uneducated opinion that really doesn’t amount to anything … Most of us have something in common. We like to “borrow from tomorrow.”

Mountain Home resident wins lottery

LITTLE ROCK — Mountain Home resident B. Patel recently claimed the $260,000 Natural State Jackpot. She claimed her prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on March 11

Earn adventure passes with blood donations

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at 45 area healthcare facilities, is partnering with four area attractions to offer free admissions for lifesaving donors to help boost the region’s blood supply this spring.

Marion County hybrid-wolves rumors overblown

Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander released a statement on Wednesday addressing concerns about hybrid-wolves in the community. Rumors have been circulating that as many as forty wolf-hybrids had been let loose, but the number of wolf-hybrids who were unaccounted for at press time was only six. The sheriff's complete statement is as follows:
Roy Shatwell (left) and his father, Dean, of DSR Excavations stand at the site of the home on Speer Drive that they have worked to dismantle this week. Many pieces of the structure are being reused by members of the community rather than being wasted. LORETTA KNIEFF / STAFF

Home dismantled, but repurposed

An iconic home located in the heart of Harrison has been dismantled this week. The house at 1402 Speer Drive was built in 1874. It has been standing tall in a clearing surrounded by virgin timber for generations — a quiet reminder of years gone by, as the town has gone through much growth and many changes around it.

Mt. Judea Learning Center to close March 22

Newton County Special Service Corporation, Inc. (NCSSC) is closing the Mt. Judea Learning Center (Early Head Start) on March 22, according to an announcement released by Sherry R. Campbell, executive director of NCSSC.

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