3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (506+ words) A former candidate for Arkansas secretary of state is objecting after he was removed from his local Republican Party committee and accused of violating party rules. Bryan Norris, who lost the March runoff to state Sen. Kim Hammer, said the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (765+ words) The Mountain Home City Council will consider destroying decades of old city records, buying 96 smart water meters without competitive bidding and giving a second reading to the city’s rewritten food truck rules when it meets Thursday. The Council meets at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (849+ words) Baxter Health will receive nearly $19.8 million through Arkansas’ new rural health grant program, more than any other single organization in the state’s first round of awards. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced $149.3 million in Rural Health Transformation Program grants on Aug....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (734+ words) Money from the sale of the old Baxter County Health Department building is headed into the county’s coroner’s building project. An ordinance on the Quorum Court’s Sept. 1 agenda would appropriate $215,000 from the Coroner’s Building Revenue Fund into the project’s 2026 budget,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) Arkansas has a new state fire marshal, an office whose work reaches into every city and county in the state, including Baxter County. The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management announced Monday that Director A.J. Gary had appointed John Hogue to the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (441+ words) U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton will be the keynote speaker at the Marion County Republican Committee’s annual picnic dinner next month in Bull Shoals. The event is set for Friday, Sept. 18, at VFW Post 1341, 1206 Central Blvd. A meet and greet begins at…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) Two Baxter County city council candidates have withdrawn from the November ballot ahead of Friday’s ballot draw. Rick Hawkins has given notice of withdrawal from the race for Gassville City Council Ward 3, Seat 1. Megan DuBois withdrew from the race for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (651+ words) Mountain Home Public Schools reported 17 students transferring out of the district and four transferring in at the school board’s Aug. 6 meeting. Superintendent Dewey told board members the numbers do not mean what they appear to mean. Most of the students…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1076+ words) Arkansas’ next governor will likely help shape the state’s Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future. The state requested permission to continue the program through the end of 2028 after the Trump administration denied its request to renew the program, which…...