Next Saturday, March 2nd, 5pm, Lead Hill/Diamond City Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet takes place at Lead Hill School Cafeteria (doors opening at 4:30). This Banquet is a way of connecting businesses and the community while reflecting on the previous year’s accomplishments. more

ADH produces a Weekly Viral Respiratory Diseases Report for clinicians. The report provides information on Influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) activity in the state. The report also compares activities in Arkansas to the U.S. ADH receives reports of only a fraction of COVID-19 cases and flu cases since it only requires reports of flu hospitalizations, deaths, and outbreaks. RSV is not a reportable disease in Arkansas. Therefore, it is important to understand that the information in the weekly update is representative of the timing and location of activity, but it does not reflect the overall disease burden. It is presumed that there are many more people actually affected than the report shows. Clinicians and policymakers may find the report helpful in terms of communicating to colleagues and patients about the current status of viral respiratory diseases in the state and nationwide. more

Buffalo National River Partners will present “Cherokee Nation Ethnobiology and how the Buffalo National River is Assisting” with Feather Smith Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:30—7:30 p.m. at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Conference Room of North Arkansas College, 1515 Pioneer Drive in Harrison. more

Hope you all enjoyed a nice Valentine's Day. more

The Boone County Friends of the Library (FOL) held a Valentine's Day bake sale on Wednesday, Feb. 14. FOL is an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 organization that works to enhance the Boone County Library through volunteer work and fundraising. Enhancements to the library include the addition of new books, programs, building improvements and more. The FOL will host a spring book sale April 11—April 13, more details on this popular event will be provided at a later date. more

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Violet Brumley Hensley has many titles. She has been called the "Whittling Fiddler," the “Stradivarius of the Ozarks” and a “Living Treasure.” To the large family who admires her, she’s also known as “Mom,” “Grandma,” and “Great, great…so many greats you can lose count, grandma.” Hensley’s bright personality has won over many people during her lifetime, and it has been a long and exciting life. more

We have had some beautiful weather over the past several days. The Honeybees have been out flying around. The Boone County Bee Club will hold a bee meeting Tuesday evening February 20 in the basement of the Farm Bureau building. I am looking forward to learning more about bee keeping. Janice Harris, Lee Hankins, Doyle & Brenda and James Lee Smith and I enjoyed having lunch together one day this week. We rarely ever get that opportunity so it was a special treat. more

Greetings from Capps. It looks like the Harrison Daily Times is changing up some things but you'll still be getting your weekly portion of Capps (the unofficial center of the universe) News from yours truly in each and every weekend edition of the Times. more

This evening, Feb 10, 5-8 p.m., Diamond City Fire Department and Auxiliary invites you to its Annual Valentine’s Day Dance, at the American Legion Post 340, 1 Legion Lane, Lead Hill. Music with the “Sounds From the South”. Tickets ; Adults 18 and up $10; Ages 5 to 17, $5; Children under 4 eat free with paid adult. Dinner served 5 to 7pm. more

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

The upstairs at the Boone County Library will be closed this Saturday, Feb. 3, as the floors are being refinished. Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause. Everything will be back to normal Monday morning. more

Greetings from Capps. Last week saw the return of the glowing yellow orb and warmer temperatures, almost T-Shirt weather. The road patches by ARDOT 392 and Boone County at Creel didn't last long. It's starting to look a bit lunar in the area. They don't plan to resurface Hwy 392 through Capps and Batavia until 2026 the last time I checked. I'd like to believe that Northwest Arkansas isn't the state's "stepchild" when it comes to road projects ( unless of course they're in the I-49 corridor) but it sure seems that way sometimes. The memorial service for Mildred Sparks was held at Capps Full Gospel Church on Tuesday. The work continues on the fellowship hall there at the church. Coincidentally, the fellowship hall at Restoration Life Fellowship in Batavia is getting a major renovation done as well. The Capps Batavia Fire Department had our monthly training meeting last Monday. We just finished up our ISO inspection and we moved up a level so that's great news for everyone in the district. We will focus on the areas that need improvement and continue to uphold our standards where we've done well. Thanks to all the dedicated people who worked extra hard on the preparation, especially Tim Hunter. Blessings, Doug more

Harrison High School Class of 1974 will celebrate their fifty year reunion on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Twelve Oaks on Highway 7 South in Harrison. The reunion is scheduled for 4:30-9:00 p.m. more

Hello friends… January was full of leadership programs and convening stakeholders from all over our community. The Chamber is often recognized for the big scissors and golden shovels in the newspaper celebrating new business or significant milestones of our community, but sometimes the most important work we do is behind the scenes or feels like planting seeds that may not bear fruit until some future date. more

Arkansas Tech University has earned national recognition for its efforts to promote student safety, well-being and inclusion for the fourth consecutive year. more

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The Harrison High School Career Coaches with the North Arkansas College Educational Opportunity Center office will be hosting FAFSA Workshops during home basketball games beginning Jan. 29. Weather … more