Mark your calendars now. The Mountain Home Moose Lodge #1953 has scheduled its popular 17th annual GermanFest for Saturday, October 18.
Arvest Bank has made the 2025 Forbes America’s Best-in-State Employers list in Arkansas for the sixth straight year. It is the only banking and financial services company to make the list in the state.

Looking at a blast from the past; many Marion County residents may remember a fire in 1984 that destroyed a downtown restaurant in Yellville. The Mountain Echo is scheduling a different memory for Marion County Residents each week. Some of these glimpses into our past will be theme based depending what is going on that week. Please, let us know if there is something in particular that you want to remember or pass down to the next generation.

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Wanda Jayne Maddocks, 87, of Diamond City, Arkansas, passed away peacefully, at her home, with her family by her side on August 19, 2025.Wanda was born in San Angelo, Texas, on February 7, 1938, the daughter of Aubrey and Etta (Blaylock) Lacky.

Defense in Hot Pursuit to get the running back for GF to the left

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Shirley Mae (Haws) Pohlsander, 88, passed away peacefully in her home on August 17, 2025. She was born August 16, 1937 in Coalville, Utah, the daughter of Ervin Lavon Haws and Julia (Clawson) Haws.
Football Friday- Cooler and partly cloudy conditions with the high temperature near 85 degrees and a low around 62 degrees. Panther temperature around 79 degrees at kickoff.