Sanitation panel holds off choosing new trash hauler
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...
View ArticleFlippin picks IESI as new trash hauler
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.
View ArticleMan arrested in Sharp County bomb threat
Authorities in Sharp County say one person was arrested for phoning in a bomb threat that resulted in the evacuation of Highland High School .
View ArticleBomb threat empties 4 schools in 2 counties
A bomb threat Tuesday emptied high schools in Fulton and Sharp counties and resulted in the arrest of a Cherokee Village man.
View ArticleBeebe picks new head for Ark. livestock commission
The governor's office announced Thursday that Beebe had named 46-year-old Preston Scroggin of Vilonia as director of the livestock commission.
View ArticleBaxter County District Court
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...
View ArticleArea Farmer's Market Moves To Town Center
The Spring River Farmers Market has moved to a new location. SRFM will start it's 3rd.
View ArticleHardy Garden Club Quilt Draws Interest And Raises Money
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...
View ArticleHardy Ambulance Base Up And Running
The ambulance station, originally based in Ozark Acres, has moved to its new Hardy location two doors down from city hall.
View ArticleWeekend Events
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.
View ArticleThe Greens at Bella Vista is sold
Festiva Hospitality Group said it has purchased new properties in Arkansas and Missouri as it expands its real estate portfolio throughout the Ozarks.
View ArticleFort Smith to open urban deer hunt season
Fort Smith this weekend will join the list of cities allowing properly licensed hunters to kill deer within the city limits.
View ArticleGirl killed in crash of big rig, pickup
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.
View ArticleNE Ark. developer sentenced to 5 years in prison
A judge sentenced 65-year-old Wayne Lee Watkins of Hardy during a Thursday hearing.
View ArticleDating on a dime
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.
View ArticleBull Shoals receives water-sewer audit
Brian Haas, certified public accountant, told the Bull Shoals City Council on Thursday night that the 2012 water-sewer audit looked good.
View ArticleStorm slows rural trash pickup, meter readers
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...
View ArticleHardy Mayor Clashes With Council Over Travel Expenses
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.
View ArticleFredamae Gamblin, of Hardy, Awarded the E. Wilson Green Award
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.
View ArticleSharp Co. infant mortality rate highest among Ne Ar counties
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR - The infant mortality rate in northeast Arkansas is highest in Sharp County at 29 percent.
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