The Sanders Family of Franklin have been named the 2026 Izard County Farm Family of the year. The farm named Spring Valley Ranch is owned by Nathan and Courtney Sanders, who along with help from their children, run the farms daily operations. Nathan Sanders grew up in a farming family and has been farming for…

Calico Rock Elementary’s Project Prevent Next Generation students earned a rare and outstanding achievement this year, taking all three top placements in Arkansas’s statewide My Reason To Write contest. The competition invites 4th–6th grade students to share personal messages encouraging their peers to live tobacco free and nicotine free, giving young people a powerful platform…

Deputies with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office helped a Norfork woman recover $20,000 after she was targeted in a scam earlier this month. According to a press release from Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, Deputy Tanner Anderson took a report May 22 from a 65-year-old woman from Norfork who said she had been scammed after…

Arkansas Community Foundation had presented to CRVFD a grant made on behalf of the Twin Lakes Giving Tree Endowment, in the amount of $2000. On April 23, 2026, thirty-five recipients received grants for providing community services such as food pantries, school district projects, fire departments, libraires, animal shelters ,etc. The purpose of Calico Rock Fire…

  Last Thursday evening, a number of representatives from the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) were on hand at Calico Rock City Hall to share information on the planned replacement of the Hwy 56 bridge over Calico Creek. Contrary to prior reporting derived from conversations held during city council meetings, the project will consist of…