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Tinnitus Support Group to meet

Do you have ringing or buzzing in your ears? If you have tinnitus, or have a loved one bothered by it, the Mountain Home Tinnitus Support Group will be launched in the weeks ahead. The group will meet monthly (date/time to be determined based on member feedback and room availability) at the Donald W.
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Y-S Goes 2-0

2-0 YELLVILLE - The Yellville-Summit Panthers hosted the Johnson County West-Side Rebels on Friday, September 2, in Yellville. The Rebels were 0-1 after losing to the Dover Pirates in week 0, while the Panthers defeated the Baptist Prep Eagles in Little Rock in week 0.
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Gas Prices Decline Going into Labor Day;

BOSTON - After a seemingly never-ending spring of price-hikes at the pump, gas prices gas prices have declined every week of the summer and are expected to be the lowest since March 3 and 20% lower than on July 4, at $3.79* per gallon. According to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving American drivers the most money on gas, prices this Labor Day weekend will continue to fall slightly from summer highs, though remain over 60¢ per gallon more expensive than last year.
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Rutledge Announces Major Victory in Fight to End Opioid Epidemic

LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced that a federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Arkansas and forty-one other states, allowing the coalition to proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Indivior, Inc. and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for market manipulation of their product Suboxone, a prescription medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction.
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ME welcomes Mason to Flippin Sept. 1

Peggy Mason has been hired by CherryRoad Media to work at the Mountaineer Echo (ME) as a Part-Time Reporter and Photographer. Mason has been working as a stringer or freelance reporter and photographer for the past 14 months and was the photographer for the award-winning front page photo that won the Mountaineer Echo the award for Best Front Page at the Arkansas Press Association awards ceremony in June.
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