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Fayetteville— Due to low demand for COVID-19 testing in our community, Friday, March 18, will be the last day for community COVID-19 testing at Washington Regional’s drive-thru clinic at 3318 N. Northhills Blvd. in Fayetteville and will also be the last day of operations for its COVID-19 hotline.

Mountain Home, AR - In celebration of the outstanding achievement of Magnet Recognition in 2021, Baxter Regional Medical Center (BRMC) is hosting a Magnet Celebration Event at Hickory Park on May 6th. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. and the event will end at 9 p.m. The celebration will include live music, several different food vendors, a Beer Garden, arts and craft vendors, and a huge Kids’ Zone. There will be fun for all ages, so bring the whole family.

On Tuesday, March 15, an interlocal meeting was held at the Yellville City Hall to discuss the police contracts between Marion County and the cities of Summit and Yellville at 5:30 p.m. Shawn Lane, Yellville Mayor, Clinton Evans, MC Sheriff, Rick White, Justice of the Peace, Melissa Dorsey, City of Yellville, Karen Carter, MC Judge’s Office and Ken Rigby, Yellville City Council were in attendance for the meeting. Absent was John Massey, MC Judge was sick, and Tobey Norberg, Summit Mayor for City Council meeting.

Bobbie Nelson Bobbie Nelson, born on January 1, 1931, to Ira Doyle Nelson, and Myrle Marie Nelson, in Abbott, Texas, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 10, 2022, at 91 years old. She had one younger brother Willie Nelson, she had three sons, Randy, Michael and Freddy.

Thursday, March 17, marks the second anniversary of the first COVID-19 patient being admitted to Washington Regional Medical Center. While the response of the health care profession to the COVID-19 pandemic has been truly heroic, that response has exacted an incredible personal toll on many of our team members. As virus cases in Arkansas grew from a handful in the early days of the pandemic to more than 825,000 in two short years, our state’s hospitals and clinicians set aside customary competition in favor of a coordinated and collaborative response.

LITTLE ROCK – In recognition of National Arbor Day, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division will be hosting giveaways of bare root seedlings at various locations across the state each Friday from March 18 through April 29.

LITTLE ROCK - The Venture Center today announced a new date for its inaugural fintech conference that will feature many of the banking industry’s biggest influencers. Due to the impacts of the COVID-9 Omicron variant, event organizers moved the inaugural event to the new August 15 - 17 dates in Little Rock, Arkansas.

fLOWELL, Arkansas, and FORT WORTH – J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) are launching a joint effort to substantially improve capacity in the intermodal marketplace while also meeting the expanding needs of current customers.