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BSCC discusses Boat Ramp, Roads and other issues facing the City

Bull Shoals City Council met in regular session March 31st. In a roll call vote Council passed a motion to authorize accepting a bid of $134,925 from Atlas Asphalt to pave the first tier of streets on the list of streets to be paved. Mayor David Nixon said he will be meeting with the company representatives to get prices for paving streets on the second tier of the list. He said he does not know when paving will begin but the city is near the front of the line when asphalt becomes available. Nixon said he thinks paving will be done this summer. There are 16 streets to be paved in the first tier.
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Dr. Malachi McCurdy Joins WRGSC

Fayetteville, Ark. — Malachi McCurdy, M.D., recently joined the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic where he provides laparoscopic, robotic and open general surgical services alongside Jeffrey Bell, M.D., Jon Berry, M.D., Gareth Eck, M.D., Brian Pottorf, M.D., Stephen Wood, M.D., Brittany Huls, APRN and Kaylie Slaughter, APRN.
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The Pharmacy at Flippin Station

Lisa is a native of Melbourne, Arkansas and is a 1990, graduate of Melbourne High School. Before attending UAMS College of Pharmacy, she completed pre-pharmacy courses at Williams Baptist College, ASU, and UCA. Following graduation from UAMS in 1996, Lisa worked in a variety of pharmacy practice settings.
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The Ozark hellbender on the Endangered Species List

The Ozark hellbender became a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act in 2001. It was assigned a priority level of 6 for threats due to habitat loss and fragmentation because of human activity and pollution. In 2005 the Fish and Wildlife Service increased its listing priority number to a 3 because of increased pressures on the species from recreation activity in their habitat including gigging and boat traffic and increases in the contamination of their waters.
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