Soup’s On
January is, on average, the coldest month of the year. And that means one thing.
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Born to Learn
“I didn’t know he had it in him.” How many times have you heard this statement after someone earned an achievement? When a young Bruce Springsteen attended school as a boy in Freehold, New Jersey, he felt he didn’t fit inside the box. He said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning a couple years ago, “I was probably one of the smartest kids in my class at the time.
Amazon donates to YS School
Yellville Amazon Outpost donated 5 Amazon Fire Devices to Yellville-Summit Public School. The school is excited to partner with Amazon in our local community. Pictured is Max Jones, Assistant Manager of the Amazon, Yellville Outpost, and Wes Henderson, Superintendent of Yellville-Summit Public Schools.
Division of Children and Family Services gets a new look
Little Rock– The state Division of Children and Family Services intends to try out a new method of intervention, by assigning cases to a team of workers instead of to an individual. The Division is part of the state Department of Human Services (DHS).
Budget Committee examines 2022 budgets
As a member of the Joint Budget Committee, we have spent the last two weeks reviewing agency budget proposals in preparation for the 2022 Fiscal Session. This week, the hearings focused on requests for public safety and for the Department of Human Services.
Grading the First Year of the Biden Administration
President Biden marked one year in office on January 20. So far, his agenda hasn’t lived up to his own lofty rhetoric and unbridled confidence when he was asking voters to send him to the White House.
The Masketeers of Mountain Home
Today I’d like to talk about two doctors and the mask-making company they started in Mountain Home. Dr.
BRHS Welcomes New Provider Courtney Cavender, APRN
Mountain Home- Baxter Regional Medical Center welcomes Courtney Cavender, APRN, to our medical staff and Baxter Regional Health System Hometown Clinic at Mountain View. Courtney is a board-certified nurse practitioner with eight years of nursing experience and has joined the practice of Eric Spann, MD, and Candi Caldwell, APRN.
Bayley Halbert, APRN, Now Providing Care in Washington Regional’s NICU
Fayetteville, Ark. — Bayley Halbert, APRN, is now providing care for patients in the Washington Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Halbert earned a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Arkansas. She has more than four years’ experience as neonatal nurse practitioner and five years as a NICU nurse. Halbert most recently worked as nurse manager of the Washington Regional NICU.
Christopher Johnson, APRN Joins Washington Regional Hospitalists
Fayetteville- Christopher Johnson, APRN, recently joined the Washington Regional Hospitalists group, where he evaluates and treats hospitalized patients. Johnson earned a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from State University of New York at Delhi. He has more than nine years’ experience as a registered nurse and most recently worked as an RN in the critical care unit at Washington Regional.