The Marion County Nursing Home Auxiliary has presented the Marion County Arkansas Heritage Society with a $2000.00 donation to purchase a fireproof file cabinet. The fireproof cabinet has been a need for the Heritage Society for many years and will be used to store photos, Bibles, diaries, and other irreplaceable documents.
A Day of Debates, featuring Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidates, will be held on Thursday, April 21 at Little Rock Union Station, lower level. A luncheon will also be part of the day’s schedule. The event is hosted by Arkansas Press Association and sponsored by Arkansas Farm Bureau and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
Mechanically Challenged may be the official name for their team, but the robotics students at Viola High School are working hard to ensure that their team’s name is a complete misnomer. The 8-person team competed at the Arkansas Regional First® Robotics Tournament at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas from March 31 – April 2, 2022.
Little Rock – The Arkansas Financial Education Commission, created by Act 1025 of 2021 and chaired by Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan, kicks off its first partnership to promote financial awareness among Arkansans next week. The collaboration in partnership with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) will host a series of financial education webinars geared toward educating the public on basic financial matters.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R- AR) announced he will vote against the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He released the following statement:
We are delighted to welcome our 14th association and 16th state to be represented in the Column Partner Program — the Arkansas Press Association. The Column team will be working with the APA on a redesign of their statewide public notice website, making critical improvements to the accessibility of their site as well as adding improved search and alert functionality for the public.
50 years ago, the citizens of sovereign Republics known as the Counties of Baxter, Marion, Newton, & Searcy within the sovereign Republic of the State of Arkansas advocated the release of land along the banks of what is known as the Buffalo River. It was done in the hopes of stopping the creation of dams along the river and impacting private property owners not just along the river bottom, but many who owned property that would evidentially be covered in the body of water created by this river blockage. The result was the creation of the Buffalo River National Park (BRNP) with the promises of job creation and national recognition of the pristine area with the main objective of protecting the Buffalo River and providing a pristine outdoor experience with nature in its natural setting. The area would be under federal protection and what could possibility be wrong with that. 50 years later, everything is wrong with this decision.
LITTLE ROCK - National Work Zone Awareness Week (WZAW) is April 11-15 and the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is pleading for drivers to slow down in work zones. This national safety campaign is observed each spring, the traditional start of construction season, to encourage safe driving through highway work zones.
On March 29, area schools competed in the Berryville Invitational Junior High School Track Meet at Berryville High School. The top 30 finishers from Marion County and related schools are reported. There were more finishers from the area competing most races.
On April 6, the Yellville-Summit Panthers and Lady Panthers traveled to Springdale to compete in the Tyson Invitational Track Meet. The Lady Panthers Senior girls won the meet and Kambree Gibson qualified for the the State Track meet in the 100-Meter Dash.
