4+ day, 26+ min ago   (196+ words) Beth Ann Fennelly, Mississippi’s poet laureate from 2016 to 2021, will give the next Terre Ware Author Lecture at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. The lecture and a question-and-answer session will be held in the Trout Room at the…...

4+ day, 20+ min ago   (272+ words) Nearly 40 members of the Brown family gathered Sept. 6 at historic Brown’s Chapel and the Gepp Fire Station to celebrate an ancestor who fought in the American Revolution, as the country approaches its 250th anniversary. “Elihu Brown was 21 years old when the…...

5+ day, 20+ min ago   (366+ words) The Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its State of Education Breakfast on Friday, Sept. 18, bringing leaders from the area’s college, public school district and private academy together to talk about what education here is facing. The event…...

5+ day, 28+ min ago   (246+ words) Smash Mouth, a Motown revue and a touring circus company anchor the 15th season of the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home Performing Arts Series, which runs from September through March at the Coulter Performing Arts Center inside the Vada Sheid Community Development…...

6+ day, 25+ min ago   (484+ words) Six standout individuals and organizations were honored by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for their contributions to improving wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation culture on private land on Aug. 28 at the second annual Natural State Private Lands Expo at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Nonprofit organizations and community-based groups interested in strengthening their grant-writing skills are invited to attend Capacity Building Through Grant Writing, a workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Arkansas State University–Mountain Home. Hosted by the University of Arkansas…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) A three-hour songwriting workshop led by musician and writer Matt Powell will be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County. The workshop covers form, rhyme, meter, melody and harmony, and lyric writing. It includes written materials, a lecture…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (158+ words) Christopher Fulton is an award-winning investigative journalist and U.S. Navy veteran living in Arkansas. Fulton graduated from the University of Memphis in 2020 summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. After seeing a void in Mountain Home’s local news market,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (232+ words) Three Mountain Home Bargain Box volunteers have received Baxter Health’s Heroes with Halos award after helping a man who fell in the store’s parking lot. Diane Steele, Donna Judson and Betty Gaither were honored following a nomination from a community…...

2+ week, 21+ min ago   (463+ words) Dennis Gillan worked in suicide prevention for years without telling anyone about his own two brothers. He brings that story to Mountain Home on Sept. 12 for a free talk hosted by Baxter Health. The event runs from 6 to 7 p.m. at the…...