Grow a Few Vegetables Indoors this Winter
Limited outdoor growing space or cold winters may have you missing fresh homegrown vegetables. Make this the winter you try growing a few vegetables in a sunny window or under artificial lights.
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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.
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.
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.
DA releases 2022 versions of weed, pest and disease management guides
The most widely used publications from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture have been updated for 2022 with the latest research-based recommendations for managing pests, weeds and diseases in row crop agriculture, as well as fruit, vegetable and garden production.
Restoring Native Habitat
Restoring native habitats to at least 20% of the world’s land currently being used by humans for farming, ranching and forestry is necessary to protect biodiversity and slow species loss, according to a newly published study conducted by a team of environmental scientists. The analysis found that this can be done in ways that minimize trade-offs and could even make farms more productive by helping to control pests, enhancing crop pollination and preventing losses of nutrients and water from soil. These working landscapes can still be grazed, mowed, harvested or burned, as long as these activities sustain or restore native species diversity.
A Special Place to Remember a Better Time
What I would like to leave behind me when I am gone and forgotten, originated in a dream from 30 years ago. That is when I began to think about a special museum somewhere between Cabool, Houston and Licking along highway 17 concerning the old time Ozarks and old days Ozarkians, and my beloved Big Piney River, where I spent so much of my boyhood exploring the length of it. In Arkansas, I worked as the first Naturalist for the State Park system right out of college in 1971, I really got into constructing interpretive centers for four or five of the largest state parks. Then I continued it when I went to work later as a naturalist for the National Park Service on the Buffalo River.
Boozman Shares Service Memories of Central Arkansas Vietnam Veteran
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recognized the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War veteran Clyde Cook II in ‘Salute to Veterans,’ a series recognizing the military service of Arkansans.
Poetry of the Ozarks
Poetry of Our Past was presented recently by local author Marie Wagner at the Boone County Library in Harrison. During the height of the pandemic, poets from around the state and around the country were invited to submit poems that highlighted the history and heritage of the people and nature of the Ozarks. In addition to a full color, illustrated book, several poets submitted video readings of their work. This project included a wide range of styles from the short Haiku poems to longer narrative poems as well as some hip-hop and a folk song.
AG Rutledge Sends Letter to OSHA Demanding the Agency Withdraw COVID Vaccine Mandate
Little Rock– Attorney General Rutledge today joined a coalition of 27 attorneys general in a letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) asking the agency to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers. The letter follows a 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week blocking the Biden Administration’s OSHA vaccine mandate in response to a legal challenge brought by Attorney General Rutledge and other state attorneys general in addition to trade groups, nonprofits, and private businesses. Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, OSHA has not withdrawn the emergency temporary standard (ETS), which would require vaccination for tens of millions of employees across the country.