LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will accept applications January 15-February 15 from hunters who want to hunt on many wildlife management areas during the 2022 Arkansas turkey season.
Little Rock- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay the vaccine mandate issued by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) which required businesses with over 100 employees to mandate vaccines for all employees. This mandate was scheduled to go into effect, January 10, 2022.
Angela Goodman announces candidacy in the run for Marion County Tax Collector. Angela Goodman has been employed as a Deputy Clerk in the Tax Collector’s office since 2016.
From the entertainment industry to working on organs and calliopes, Bill Klinger has kept a busy life. He officially retired in the fall of 2005, before that he spent his adult career working in the entertainment industry in the mechanical and physical special effects, such as rain, snow, wind, fire, explosions, any movement caused other than what would normally come from an actor. The movies which first gave him notoriety were Back to the Future and Return of the Jedi.
Volt Industrial Plastics announced a 36,000 square foot expansion on January 8, 2022, during the groundbreaking press conference at VIP in Yellville. The expansion will boost local economy, improve square footage and bring new jobs to the area.
Fayetteville- Kaylie Slaughter, APRN, is now providing care for patients at the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic where she works alongside Jeffrey Bell, MD, Jon Berry, MD, Gareth Eck, MD, Brian Pottorf, MD, Stephen Wood, MD, and Brittany Huls, APRN. Slaughter earned a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Walden University. She has more than nine years’ experience as a registered nurse and most recently worked as an RN at the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic.
The issue of bill rates paid by medical centers to travel nurse companies was a topic of interest when the Arkansas Legislature held a joint committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 3 between the House and Senate committees on public health, welfare, and labor. House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Chairman Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro began the meeting by explaining that he and other legislators had received calls about the state’s traveling nurse programs related to pay and travel. He requested information to assist legislators in understanding the program. Present to explain the traveling nursing program were Trenda Ray, PhD., RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor at UAMS and Michael Givens, Administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jodiane Tritt, executive vice president of the Arkansas Hospital Association was also present. Ray attended via Zoom due to the current Covid-19 surge UAMS is experiencing. She gave an overview of how UAMS had implemented traveling nurses even prior to the pandemic.
Fayetteville- Elisabeth Brown, APRN, recently joined Washington Regional Harrison Family Practice where she works alongside Stacy Armstrong, DO, Shannon Brownfield, MD, Jean Ann Thompson, APRN and Hannah Wilburn, APRN to provide comprehensive medical care for adults and children 13 years and older.
Yellville Masonic Lodge donated $400 and pencils to Bruno-Pyatt schools Thursday, January 6. Presenting the check is Roy Saunders, the money will be used to purchase shoes for the students in need of shoes.
Yellville Masonic Lodge #117 new officers for 2022 were installed Monday December 27, 2021. Pictured in front from left to right Treasure Mike Lockhart, Senior Deacon Jayme Jones, Junior Deacon Paul Pollack, Tyler Roy Saunders, Master of Ceremonies Jim Franks, back row Senior Warden Jim Brown, Worshipful Master Garry Ash, Chaplain Frankie DePriest, Secretary Scott Burns, Junior Warden Charles Grinder, Master of Ceremonies Luke Mondy. Yellville Lodge meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.