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Eclipse Festival Plans Announced

Plans are being finalized for the Mountain View Eclipse Festival April 5-8. Mountain View will experience 4 minutes and 14 seconds of totality just before 2 p.m. April 8. On April 5, Pam …

Four JP Races Decided In Primary

Four justice of the peace races were decided in voting for party candidates in the March 5 preferential primary. In JP District 1, incumbent Jim Bullard defeated Darren Ray Waddles 175-104. …
Features

Billie Burnett Still Sharing The Faith

Billie Burnett – who many know as “Miss Billie” or simply “the sea shell lady” – turned 97 years old Feb. 9 and celebrated with relatives and friends at her home …
Believed to date to about 1940, a photo shows sisters Fannie Hinkle Carter and Nioma Hinkle Rushing who were visiting their childhood home.

Hinkle Homestead Homecoming Planned

A celebration of 150 years for the Hinkle cabin located at the Stone/Van Buren County line is scheduled for Saturday. The public is invited to the Hinkle Homestead Homecoming from 10 a.m. to …
Sports

Rodeo Arena Upgrades Proposed

Rodeo lovers hope upgrades to the Stone County Rodeo Arena will draw big crowds and pay dividends here. Heather Stevens, secretary-treasurer of the Stone County Saddle Club, says a competitive …

Three-pointers Lift Rural Special Over Concord

The Rural Special senior boys put on a three-point shooting clinic in their district semifinal game against top-seeded Concord Feb. 15, propelling the fourth-seeded Rebels to a 73-51 victory. …

Yellowjacket Teams Advance To Regional

Mountain View senior basketball teams will compete in the 3A Region 2 Tournament at Manila this week after finishing as runners-up in their respective brackets of the district tournament hosted by …

Linville Sparks Rebels Against Tigers

Balanced scoring in the first half helped the Timbo senior boys stay within two points of Rural Special when the two county teams matched up for their second game of the season Jan. 23. However, …

Mountain View Hosts Melbourne

Mountain View teams hosted Melbourne Jan. 12 for Homecomimg and the visitors proved to be spoilers for two of the three games. The junior boys were downed 48-25. Kade Shipman scored 7 points, …
Events
Early last week, the chance of rain in the forecast for the weekend increased each day and it appeared the entire weekend might be a wash-out. But the first day of activities for the 41st Bean Fest …
Business
The new Dollar General store in Pleasant Grove is now open. It is located at 28402 Hwy 14. The location offers household essentials including food, cleaning supplies, paper products, …
Schools
School Board Approves Staff Bonus Payments

Mountain View School Board approved a proposed budget last week that includes a $5,000 bonus for all school employees, as well as a scaled-back HVAC plan for Rural Special and Timbo gyms and several …

Opinion
It’s premature to say that Arkansas Democrats are back, but they probably had their best week since 2010. When the candidate filing period for next year’s elections ended at noon …
At the recent meeting of the Dogs of Dustlandia committee, I was invited to speak about the ancient ones who have crossed the rainbow bridge. Oral traditions are important since dogs have no thumbs …
We have the God-given power to think. Not just a straight line between grocery list and dinner, to-do list to calendar, and not just to memorize enough information to keep ourselves alive. We have …
Music, Arts, Crafts

New Radio Station Launched

Springdale resident Joe Hart has been successful in launching a local radio station devoted to the presentation and preservation of local music. KWMV 88.5 is now on the air, and programming is …