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.
Capitol Week in Review

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Yellville-Summit School District will be hosting its Annual Title 1 Meeting on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Yellville-Summit Elementary Cafeteria.

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.

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COTTER – The Cotter Public School Board met August 21, 2025, 7:00 p.m. The following members of the Board were in attendance for the meeting: Allen Franks, Jimmy Morgan, Cameron Ross, Andy Slater, and Russel Duggins. Administrators and other guests were also in attendance.

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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.

Kathy Denise Patton, 62, of Pyatt, Arkansas passed away on August 15, 2025, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the Willard Walker Hospice Home with your family by her side. She was born in Bakersfield, California on January 11, 1963, the daughter of Buford and Shirley (Shaw) Hancock.