J.B. Hunt announces Shelley Simpson as President
LOWELL – J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today the appointment of Shelley Simpson as president of the company.
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Boozman, Heinrich Introduce Legislation Eliminating Penalty to Travel for VA Care
Washington – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R- AR) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for Department of Veterans Affairs funding, introduced legislation to repeal the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) copayment requirement for veterans traveling to medical appointments.
Protect your benefits
Have you received a suspicious call from an organization claiming to represent or have affiliation with VA? Did the caller guarantee a lucrative payout for your disability compensation or pension claim for a “small fee?”
Police Chief Resigns
The Flippin City Council met on Tuesday, July 19, at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the Flippin City Hall.
Baxter County Library Summer Reading Challenges and Programs
Mountain Home – Baxter County Library’s Summer Reading Challenges for children, tweens, teens, and adults will be wrapping up soon. Be sure to update your reading log with the Beanstack app by August 6 to be eligible for prizes.
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
The Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship allows some eligible Veterans and dependents in high-demand fields to extend their Post-9/11 GI Bill or Fry Scholarship benefits. Read below to find out if you are eligible for up to 9 months (or $30,000) of added benefits and how to apply.
Hometown Clinic at M.S. joins BRHS Family Health Care
Mountain Home – Baxter Regional Health System has announced that effective July 11, 2022, Baxter Regional Hometown Clinic at Mammoth Spring joined Baxter Regional Family Health Care. That clinic is located at 350 Main Street #4 in Mammoth Spring, and Leslie Batterton, APRN, has moved her practice to this location and joined Tamra Ward, APRN.
Washington Regional Rheumatology Clinic to Relocate
Fayetteville – Effective July 25, Chap Sampson, MD, and Jessica Short, MD, of the Washington Regional Rheumatology Clinic will begin seeing the patients in the new location across from the Washington Regional Medical Center campus in Fayetteville. The new clinic address is 3276 N. Northhills Blvd.
‘Surviving drought’ topic of Division of Agriculture webinar for cattle producers
Little Rock — Experts with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host a free webinar July 21 to offer guidance to Arkansas cattle producers struggling with drought. “Our cattle producers statewide are struggling right now to survive this drought, and many of them face some tough decisions,” Vic Ford, extension’s associate president for agriculture and natural resources, said.
Invasive Plants
Conservation is about saving, about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, invasive plants. We should “Rip them to Shreds” as one article I read stated.