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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.

Do all good things come to an end? The Mountanineer Echo has been a mainstay in Marion County and has only cost $.50 for over 20 years. The Echo will cost $1.00 starting January 1, The Echo will cost $1.00 starting January 1, 2022.

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman— wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to support Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a major disaster declaration for Craighead, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett and Woodruff Counties due to extensive tornado damage on December 10, 2021.

Every culture has its own ways to ring in a lucky new year. Sometimes, you must start the year off with good luck foods to make sure you get going on the right foot. (Beans, round foods and noodles seem to be high on the list, as well as some lucky desserts!) Other times, what you wear is indicative of what will come your way, be it health, money or love. Then again, where you are when the clock strikes 12 might be more important than what you’re wearing - so get ready to jump into the new year.

Bull Shoals City Council met in a special meeting Tuesday, December 21, before the regularly scheduled workshop. The purpose of the meeting was to approve a water purchase contract supplement with Marion County Regional Water District. MCRWD was established in 1980 for the purpose of providing treated water to the cities of Bull Shoals, Flippin, Summit and Yellville for distribution to their customers. It is a non-profit governmental entity that provides wholesale water to the cities. The supplement was passed unanimously.

“Baby Watch 2022” is on. The Mountaineer Echo is seeking the first baby born in Marion County and North Central Arkansas.

Mountain Home- Baxter Regional Health System is pleased to announce the addition of the new Baxter Regional General Surgery Clinic to the Baxter Regional family of clinics. The clinic, located adjacent to Baxter Regional Bone & Joint Clinic at 639 Broadmoor Circle in Mountain Home, Arkansas, will open Monday, January 3, 2022, and is already accepting appointments.

Washington–U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) announced Master Sergeant (Ret.) Michael Long will join his staff as an advisor for military and veterans’ issues in early January.