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Fayetteville — Three physicians in Washington Regional’s hospital medicine group were recently appointed to new roles within the medical center. Anthony Williams, MD, assumed the role of vice president and chief quality officer at Washington Regional Medical Center.

At the age of 58, country music star Jeff Carson died of a heart attack at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. Jeff Carson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma as Jeffrey Lee Herndon; December 16, 1963 and passed on March 26, 2022 Jeff was raised by his mother Virginia Norton in Gravette, Arkansas.

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.

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.

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.

Fayetteville — Washington Regional recently named Stephen J. Gilbert as its new vice president of facilities and construction management. In his new role, Gilbert oversees space planning, construction, maintenance, safety, security, emergency management and environmental services for the Washington Regional system.

Fort Smith – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) celebrated the expansion of Department of Veterans Affairs health care services in Fort Smith at the Friday ribbon cutting for the new Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.

This is shaping up to be another very busy week at Have a Heart Pet Shelter in Yellville. The Spay and Neuter Clinic runs from April 5-7 and has been fully booked for a long time. Each time we announce having clinic registration, interested parties need to call that day. Across three days we will spay/ neuter approximately 120 animals. This is one of many services Have-A- Heart, HAH, provides to our community, making it affordable for everyone to do the responsible thing to help prevent countless puppies and kittens that would often end up being abandoned. Also, this week, on Wednesday, ten puppies will be leaving on a puppy transport to Northern Illinois, where they will be helped to find their forever homes. Plus, we are getting six adult dogs ready to go to the East Coast to meet their new families on April 12.