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Flu activity level stays at minimal
Influenza-related deaths reported to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) this flu season have reached 147 (PCR confirmed flu deaths at 62), according to the department's latest report. It was noted that of those deaths, 75.5% of those persons were not vaccinated against the virus. There was one PCR confirmed flu death for Week 9. more
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs into law an education overhaul bill on Wednesday, March 8, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)
Governor signs bill creating school vouchers
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an education bill Wednesday that creates a new school voucher program, raises minimum teacher salaries and places restrictions on classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity. more
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Corporal Levi Lowery, with the Boone County Sheriff’s office, holds a new handheld radio unit. The sheriff’s department was able to replace some of the older radio communications equipment, and the quorum court will consider an ordinance at its next meeting to appropriate county funds to replace all handheld and vehicle radio units. Cpl. Lowery has been with the sheriff’s office for three years and has a total of six years of law enforcement experience. JAY COOPER/STAFF
Radio equipment upgrade a big 10-4
The Boone County Quorum Court on Tuesday, March 7, held a joint meeting with the law enforcement and budget and finance committees to discuss an ordinance that would appropriate county funds for the sheriff’s department radio communications equipment. more
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Board members of Recovery Center of the Ozarks have met regularly for more than two years while building a mission statement to create a three-phase, one-year program with an intensive peer-based focus on all dimensions of well-being while building a program to direct each resident toward a self-sustaining model of full-time employment and accountability. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Recovery Center begins community outreach
There are currently five 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings in Harrison every day along with a Celebrate Recovery meeting once a week. “There is a need,” Recovery Center of the Ozarks board member Bob Largent said. more
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Boone County and the city of Harrison on Wednesday, March 8, held a tornado drill. The command center was at the Boone County 911 and Office of Emergency Management facility (the old Boone County Sheriff’s Office) and the hands-on exercise was held at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Harrison Fire Department firemen performed “search and rescue” operations and helped with the victims along with EMT’s from NARMC. A drone provided on-scene video that was streamed and watched at the Command Center on large screens.
Tornado Drill
Protesters listen to a speaker during a rally against a draft law aimed at curbing the influence of "foreign agents" near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Following days of massive protests, Georgia's governing party said Thursday it would withdraw draft legislation that opponents warned would stifle dissent and curtail media freedoms, ushering in Russian-style repression. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Georgia drops foreign agents law after massive protests
Georgian lawmakers have voted to drop a controversial bill that opponents — and thousands of protesters gathered in the capital — warned could stifle dissent and curtail media freedoms. The bill, … more
In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, Russian soldiers take part in drills at an unspecified location in Belarus. After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country's railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyse the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on 'two-headed enemy'
After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways. The attacks were designed to paralyze the rails that Russian forces used to … more
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People kneel as servicemen carry a coffin of a Ukrainian serviceman Oleksiy Sokolovskyi during the funeral ceremony in St. Michael Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
MARCH 3-9, 2023 From the battle for the destroyed city the Ukrainians call “Fortress Bakhmut” to International Women’s Day events, the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul … more
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Activists shout slogans during a rally celebrating International Women's Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
March 3-9, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and the Pacific. The gallery was curated by AP … more
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FILE - This general view shows Jehovah's Witnesses gathered for their annual convention at West Berlin's Sportpalast Hall, Germany, on Aug. 5, 1954. Several people were killed and injured late Thursday, March 9, 2023, after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said. The international Christian denomination founded in the United States has a more than 100-year history in Germany. (AP Photo/Heinrich Sanden Jr., File)
At a glance: Jehovah's Witness beliefs, history in Germany
Several people were killed and injured Thursday night after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said. The … more
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FILE - Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2022. On Thursday, March 9, 2023, a federal judge rejected Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam that he orchestrated with Elizabeth Holmes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Theranos exec Sunny Balwani loses bid to delay prison term
A federal judge has rejected former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam he … more
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'Cocaine cat' escaped owner, will now live at Cincinnati Zoo
The Cincinnati Zoo has taken in an African serval cat after the animal was recovered from a wild adventure. The cat named Amiry was found with cocaine in its system after local animal control … more
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FILE - Philip Adams walks through what remains of his living room and kitchen at his hurricane destroyed home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, on Sept. 6, 2021, in Lockport, La. Experts caution that attributing any single event to La Nina or its better-known cousin, El Nino, is difficult as they pronounced Thursday, March 9, 2023, that the La Nina weather phenomenon has come to an end. But they can say generally that tornadoes in the Southeast and hurricanes are more frequent during La Nina. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
La Nina is gone. Here are the deadly storms during its run
The natural temporary weather phenomenon La Nina is gone and that's good news for a disaster-weary Southeast. Weather disasters generally but not specifically connected to La Nina repeatedly smacked … more
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FILE - The Federal Reserve interest rate announcement is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Feb. 1, 2023. Companies that piled on debt throughout the pandemic and the economic recovery could be in for a tough road ahead as the bills come due. Corporate borrowers will have to pay more of that debt back as refinancing grows more difficult with rising interest rates. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Corporate borrowers squeezed by rising rates
Companies that piled on debt throughout the pandemic and the economic recovery could be in for a tough road ahead as the bills come due. Corporate borrowers will have to pay more of that debt back as … more
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A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a home converted into condominium units, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Exeter, N.H. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Average US mortgage rate up for fifth straight week to 6.73%
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for the fifth straight week to its highest level since breaching 7% in November, just as the spring buying season gets ready to kick off. Mortgage buyer … more
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FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Applications for US jobless aid rise by most in 5 months
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by … more
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Museum Musings: Poem about Arkansas was epic
According to William Quesenbury, there was one thing that God did not love. more
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Dr. Dawn Phelps is chairman of the board of directors of the Recovery Center of the Ozarks. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Visionaries spark path for Recovery Center
Recovery Center of the Ozarks has been in the news lately with Executive Director Rodney Beaver approaching the Boone County Quorum Court and the Harrison City Council to inform the local government of funding opportunities as well as to provide a detailed account of the peer-based program. What is the heart and motivation behind this effort and will it work for our community? Is there a need? more
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Community Matters officers named
A new community action group has formed in Newton County. Its members have selected its name and elected its first officials. more
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Quorum court approves courthouse security officer position
JASPER— The Newton County Quorum Court met Monday night, March 6, and created a position and the budget for a courthouse security officer. Now, all that is needed is for interested, but certified, individuals to apply for the job. more
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