Wishing everyone a blessed 4th of July Celebration. Sending a shout out to Michelle Burelson and all the wonderful volunteers who make our Picnic and events a success. We'll be here all day, come out and enjoy. more

Stop by the Mezzanine and check out the art the Harrison Art League has on display. more

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

It all started back in the '70s when I lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and worked for Central States Distributors. Dave Smith led the sales department, and I would call on companies trying to drum up new business. Thanks to Dave’s incredible presentation skills, we were quite successful in Nebraska and Iowa. more

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission drew the names of 18 Arkansans on the stage of the Buffalo River Elk Festival to participate in this fall’s annual public land elk hunts. more

FAYETTEVILLE — Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have landed a $270,000 grant to map the spread of an invasive tick species in Arkansas. more

Friends and families from around the area gathered to view the fireworks show on July 4 in Harrison. The event, organized by Explore Harrison, was held at the Anstaff Soccer Field but the show was visible from surrounding streets as well as the Lake Harrison area.  more

Dozens of contestants withstood the heat to show off their skills in a few contests during the Fire in the Sky festivities in Harrison, on July 4. Each contest had two winners — one in the age 16 and under category and one in the age 16 and over category. Winners received gift cards to area businesses. more

The "Let Freedom Ring" Independence Day Celebration event was presented by the Harrison Colony Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Thursday, July 4 at the Boone County Courtpark. Glenn Redding, a US Naval Reserve Veteran, was the featured speaker. Boy Scout Troop 60 posted the colors, Bellah Burns sang the National Anthem, Dakota Furr was the Town Crier and was a speaker, and Tonya Bardin led the DAR "Bell Ringing" Ceremony. more

With a recent donation, the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) Auxiliary eclipsed the $1 million mark in contributions to the hospital in the past 20 years alone. The Auxiliary provided a $40,000 gift to the North Arkansas Medical Foundation, with the funding going directly toward the purchase of a new infant security system for the labor and delivery department. This gift puts the Auxiliary at over $1 million donated since 2004. more

The University of Arkansas System’s Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) held an opioid overdose prevention community roundtable Thursday, June 27, at the Newton County Senior Activity and Wellness Center in Jasper. The noon meeting brought local residents together with officials and professionals directly involved in reducing the number of deaths in an on-going opioid overdose crisis in Arkansas. The discussion was made possible through grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). more

Some dates can always be remembered, where we were and what we were doing. December 7, 1941, the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, is one of those days. This writer was on her way back to Chillicothe, Missouri to college. Things changed fast. The young men left school to join the service. The women started to work in the war plants. I was Daphne Hobson then, and I chose to leave college and go to work at the Jacksonville, Arkansas Ordinance Plant making ammunition. more

LITTLE ROCK — A tick found in a Boone County cattle herd has been confirmed as the invasive Asian longhorned tick, known for carrying a parasite that can be deadly to cattle. more

According to documents filed in Boone County Circuit Court this week, 68 year-old Varnell Johnson of Dennard is accused of committing four counts of video voyeurism — a class B misdemeanor and commercial burglary — a class C felony. more

Shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, Harrison Police Department (HPD) received a call requesting an officer check on a female subject who appeared to be unconscious in a pickup parked in the parking lot of Casey’s on South Main in Harrison. more

WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Department of the Interior announced last week more than 1,900 state and local governments around the country will receive a total of $621.2 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024. more

I want to wish everyone a wonderful 4th of July Celebration. more

On Wednesday, Harrison gathered to honor some of its best. The John Paul Hammerschmidt Men & Women of Distinction annual banquet was held in the community room at the Signature Bank Tower in Harrison. more

The library will be closed for the Fourth of July more

Summer has officially started. Along with picnics, swimming,and ice cream comes that summer heat. While most find comfort with a fan or with air conditioning, plants have something to worry about. Outdoor plants usually get their moisture from rain, but in the summer that can be in short supply. So to keep our gardens healthy, our plants pretty, and our lawns green, here's how to best water your plants when mother nature is being stingy with the rain. more