With the movie industry's conversion to digital format, drive-in movie theaters across the nation are facing a choice between closing down and spending about $80,000 to upgrade projection equipment. Stone Drive-In Theatre in Mountain View has entered a contest sponsored by Honda that gives it a chance to win digital equipment. See details in the Aug. 14 issue. ...

  Construction of a sand basin is underway near the water intake structure at White River. The unit is part of a major project to improve delivery of river water to Mountain View's treatment plant.  From the June 5 issue. ...

  A portion of the upper level of the craft grounds at the Ozark Folk Center State Park is under construction in the second phase of  sidewalk replacement.  Some craft demonstrators were temporarily relocated.  From the March 6 issue. ...

Local merchants offer many gift options for those shopping for children this holiday season. (From the Dec. 12 issue) ...

John Anderson, deputy chief economist for the American Farm Bureau, was speaker at the Stone County Farm Bureau banquet Oct. 1. Anderson is originally from Timbo. Full story in the Oct. 10 issue. ...

Work is progressing on Entergy's new electric distribution service center off Industrial Drive, between Valero and the Conestoga property.  It is hoped the facility can be completed by the end of the year so that Entergy can move from its existing site at Main Street and Knox Avenue early in 2013. The full story was published in the Aug. 15 issue.   ...

Visitors tour the Fiber Energy Products plant during an open house in June, when the re-opened wood pellet plant strived toward full production. This photo appears in the July 4 issue. A full story on the plant is published in the June 13 issue.   ...