This week, the Joint Performance Review Committee received testimony from state and county election officials about the use of paper ballots and voting machines. The 94th General Assembly has been diligently working to pass legislation that ensures the security of our elections.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is a mental health disorder that may develop following a traumatic event in which a person is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. PTSD can be treated, and symptoms can be reduced. The military’s use of its updated 2023 PTSD treatment guidelines will further improve the outlook of PTSD patients.

I hope to have my Big Piney Museum and Ozark Interpretive Center finished and open by this fall. One of the contents is a pool table that was made in the early 1920s, dubbed an A.E. Schmidt Victory Table. It was sent to the main street pool hall in Houston, Missouri, about 1922. My dad and grandfather bought the pool hall in 1957 when I was 10. From then until 1964, I worked there after school and at various times during the summer.

Sometimes we need to talk about things other than a specific animal. And this is one of those times.
“Marion County Disaster Recovery Center has been closed until further notice. Baxter County Disaster Recovery Center, located at 1042 Highland Circle, Mountain Home, is open for walk-in access Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.”

July 15: Monthly Dinner at The Post from 4-6 p.m. Menu includes Gramma’s Meatloaf, vegetable or salad, roll, dessert & drink.
Pamela Eve Koehler, 75, of Harrison Arkansas passed away on June 25, 2024, at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center. She was born on June 13, 1949, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the daughter of Richard and Justine (Cloutier) Barslow.
Donna Marie (Haynes) Loosey, age 57, of Flippin, Arkansas passed away in her home Thursday, June 21, 2024. She was born May 7, 1967, in Morrilton, Arkansas, the daughter of Donnie and Carol (Lackey) Haynes.
Tommie “Darlene” Riley 68, passed away on June 20, 2024, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on April 18, 1956 in Sherman, Texas, the daughter of Tommy and Zelma “Hanna” Riley.
FAYETTEVILLE - Local students were named to the Spring 2024 Dean›s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. To qualify for the Dean’s List, the following local students achieved at least a 3.75 grade-point average for the semester while completing at least 12 credit hours.