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Little Rock– In recognition of the importance of independent quilt shops to local economies, Saturday January 22, 2022, is proclaimed to be Local Quilt Shop Day throughout Arkansas. Local Quilt Shop Day is an annual arts celebration focusing on the rich tradition and history of quilting in our communities.

Little Rock– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is standing alongside attorneys general from across America today taking their case against President Biden’s illegal vaccine mandates for large employers and healthcare workers all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Arkansas joined 26 states in urging that the Supreme Court block Biden’s overreaching mandates.

The Marion County Budget Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Annex.  The agenda will include discussing budget… Login to continue reading Login…

Starting Monday, January 10, Marion County Road MC 4021 will be closed to do work on the Clear Creek slab. There not a definite timeline… Login to continue reading Login…

Life’s mysteries unfold in odd ways, don’t they? The Wall Street Journal reports that churches by the thousands are signing up for a service to do to us what corporations and other private groups have done for years – select their targets based on specific, revelatory and actionable data that you might have thought was your own darned business. Feeling blue? Marriage going down the tubes? The big algorithm in the sky can pick up on that based on your search history, and it might send you an ad for a lovely cruise.

Dalton– The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that a hunter-harvested white-tailed deer taken in Randolph County tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The deer was harvested just south of the Missouri border during the Arkansas modern gun deer hunt.