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Fayetteville– Arvest Equipment Finance announced today it closed more than $418.6 million in gross production in 2021, a record total for the division of Arvest Bank. That represents a year-over-year increase of more than 49 percent.

Fayetteville- Washington Regional will revise hours of operation for its COVID-19 hotline and drive-thru testing clinic. Effective Monday, February 21, the COVID-19 hotline, which can be reached at 479.463.2055 and provides information about COVID-19 illness, testing and vaccinations, will have the following schedule: Monday – Friday: 8 a.m.

Little Rock- Ninety-seven of Arkansas’s 234 contiguous public-school districts have COVID-19 infection rates of 50 or more new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, down from 225 last week, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement said Thursday, citing its analysis of Arkansas Department of Health data current as of Monday.

Mountain Home- Baxter Regional Medical Center’s Sleep DME program has earned a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care by demonstrating no deficiencies and operating at a level of quality, integrity and effectiveness consistent with ACHC standards.

Our February Branch meeting date is scheduled for Saturday February 26, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Alley-White American Legion Post 52 which is located at 717 Market Street, Mountain Home, Arkansas.

WASHINGTON – As Arkansans are forced to stretch their paychecks to put food on the table, heat their homes and fill up their vehicles, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is calling on the Biden administration to end its tax-and-spending agenda and focus on the priorities of the American public to control our nation’s skyrocketing inflation.

Little Rock– The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to report that 27,803 feral hogs have been removed from the state of Arkansas since January 2020 by members of the Arkansas Feral Hog Eradication Task Force.

LITTLE ROCK– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing several new and expanded opportunities for climate-smart agriculture in 2022. Updates include nationwide availability of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Conservation Incentive Contracts (CIC) option, a new and streamlined EQIP Cover Crop Initiative (CCI) and added flexibilities for producers to easily re-enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). These improvements to NRCS’ working lands conservation programs, combined with continued program opportunities in Arkansas, are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s broader effort to support climate-smart agriculture.