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Mountain Home's Sanitation Committee -- Chairman Bob Devecki, Marshella Norell and David Almond -- Wednesday opened proposals from three trash hauling firms competing to add the more than 5,400 customers inside Mountain Home to their business next month.

The Flippin City Council Monday night picked IESI to be the next trash hauler for the town's approximate 475 to 500 residential households starting Dec.

Authorities in Sharp County say one person was arrested for phoning in a bomb threat that resulted in the evacuation of Highland High School .

A bomb threat Tuesday emptied high schools in Fulton and Sharp counties and resulted in the arrest of a Cherokee Village man.

The governor's office announced Thursday that Beebe had named 46-year-old Preston Scroggin of Vilonia as director of the livestock commission.

Of the 162 cases against 103 defendants, 94 were for various traffic offenses, 37 were for contempt, nine were for alcohol-related offenses, five were for hot checks, four were for drug-related offenses, three were for domestic assault, three were for domestic battery, three were for violating Arkansas Game and Fish Commission regulations, one was ... (more)

The Spring River Farmers Market has moved to a new location. SRFM will start it's 3rd.

The Hardy Garden Club has pieced together a project that many in the community have made a point to take a look at a beautiful, handmade t-shirt quilt that features important landmarks and businesses of Sharp County.

The ambulance station, originally based in Ozark Acres, has moved to its new Hardy location two doors down from city hall.

Sometimes you've just got to do something crazy. For Brian Smith, that translates into surprising his wife right before her birthday with a zebra.

Festiva Hospitality Group said it has purchased new properties in Arkansas and Missouri as it expands its real estate portfolio throughout the Ozarks.

Fort Smith this weekend will join the list of cities allowing properly licensed hunters to kill deer within the city limits.

A 5-year-old girl died and three others were injured in a two-vehicle collision just outside Helena-West Helena on Friday, according to a Arkansas State Police report.

A judge sentenced 65-year-old Wayne Lee Watkins of Hardy during a Thursday hearing.

Alex Myren, a senior business administration major of Cherokee Village, and Addison Turner, a sophomore biology major of Jonesboro, enjoy watching TV together at home instead of going to the theatre.

Brian Haas, certified public accountant, told the Bull Shoals City Council on Thursday night that the 2012 water-sewer audit looked good.

Methvin Sanitation had to leave about 70 percent of its rural customers in Baxter and Marion counties without trash pickup this week due to the more than 8 inches of ice and snow left by Winter Storm Cleon, which packed many rural roads.

The Hardy City Council passed a 2014 budget at its Jan. 7 meeting, but spending remained a hot topic through the remainder of the meeting.

Fredamae Gamblin, of Hardy, was announced as the 2013 recipient of the E. Wilson Green award, which recognizes a community member known for giving their time to make the community a better place to live.

CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR - The infant mortality rate in northeast Arkansas is highest in Sharp County at 29 percent.

Sanitation panel holds off choosing new trash hauler

Flippin picks IESI as new trash hauler

Man arrested in Sharp County bomb threat

Bomb threat empties 4 schools in 2 counties

Beebe picks new head for Ark. livestock commission

Baxter County District Court

Area Farmer's Market Moves To Town Center

Hardy Garden Club Quilt Draws Interest And Raises Money

Hardy Ambulance Base Up And Running

Weekend Events

The Greens at Bella Vista is sold

Fort Smith to open urban deer hunt season

Girl killed in crash of big rig, pickup

NE Ark. developer sentenced to 5 years in prison

Dating on a dime

Bull Shoals receives water-sewer audit

Storm slows rural trash pickup, meter readers

Hardy Mayor Clashes With Council Over Travel Expenses

Fredamae Gamblin, of Hardy, Awarded the E. Wilson Green Award

Sharp Co. infant mortality rate highest among Ne Ar counties