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Arkansas Gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders to speak Wednesday in Mountain Home
Arkansas Gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders will include Mountain Home on her 15-stop “Freedom Tour across Arkansas” on Wednesday. Sanders will host a “meet and greet” at noon at Buncles Brick Oven & Brews, which is open to the public. Sanders says, “The freedoms we are blessed with as Arkansans and Americans are always worth…
Read MoreTemporary lane closures on Bull Shoals Dam and Norfork Dam postponed
Lane closures scheduled for the Highway 178 bridge across Bull Shoals Dam on August 25th, and the Highway 177 bridge across Norfork Dam on August 26th have been postponed until further notice. Once an alternate date has been finalized local media outlets will be notified about the new dates. Recreation information can be found on the Internet at www.swl.usace.army.mil,…
Read MoreCR School Board reimposes mask mandate, Board President ignores request to clarify vote
The White River Current received notification last Wednesday afternoon, as required by state law, that a special meeting of the Calico Rock District School Board had been called for the following evening (Thurs, 8/12) at 5:30 p.m. Special meetings are not unusual, especially in the lead-up to the beginning of a new school year…
Read More2021 Lions Rodeo Parade
Lions 63th Annual Rodeo this weekend!
It’s almost here! The 63th annual Calico Rock Lions Club Rodeo is coming to town this weekend; Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12. The event, sponsored by the Lions and conducted by Rand Rodeo Company, will be held in the Tip Wiseman Rodeo Arena in Earl King Park located off Hwy 56 in Calico…
Read MoreMountain Home mom wins national Working Parent Scholarship
Allison Cunningham of Mountain Home was recently selected as the winner of Job-Applications.com’s national Working Parent Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship recognizes the efforts of one student in the United States who balances the difficult tasks of parenthood, working and seeking a higher education. Cunningham, who is originally from Norfork, has a 12-year-old daughter and a…
Read MoreLongtime Norfork Principal passes
Bobby Hulse, the longtime Norfork High School principal, has passed away, the school announced Wednesday morning via social media Hulse had been hospitalized since early December with COVID-19. The dean of Twin Lakes Area education circles, Hulse spent 55 years as an educator, including 41 as Norfork’s high school principal. He graduated from the Henderson…
Read MoreUSACE plans prescribed burns around Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mountain Home Project Office and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will conduct prescribed burns on public land surrounding Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes until the second week of April. Norfork burn locations are Chapin Point, Dillinger Point, Woods Point, Arnett Point, and the Tracy Ferry Area.…
Read MorePharmacies start phase 1-b of Covid Vaccinations
As 2021 begins, Arkansans will soon have a chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine has been in Arkansas for almost a month and according to Governor Asa Hutchinson the plan is to administer the vaccine to those in the first phase, which also includes health care workers and nursing home residents and staff, by…
Read MoreRiverside Pizza ready for 2021
Ashton and Aaron Lester became exposed to the restaurant business like many do, as front line staffers working part time in a restaurant while going to school. They both knew at some point they’d eventually like to get into the business of making pizza. . . .and as of last fall, their dream came into…
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