Kindergarten Egg Hunt

See this week's issue for a photo page of the kindergarten Easter egg hunt at Mountain View School.

March 25 Rainbow

Rural Special Championship Photo Gallery

The Rural Special senior girls basketball team won the Class 1A Basketball Championship March 18 in Hot Springs. They defeated Norfork 48-40. Game story published in the March 24 issue.

Jody Smotherman Accepts Lead Role At Medical Center

Jody Smotherman is one of those people who belongs in just about any environment. He’s spent the last three years in the specialty field of health care community engagement, and it’s a good descriptor for the new Stone County Medical Center administrator who shows a passion for people and improved quality of life.

Howell Hired To Manage Chamber

Joanie Howell has been hired as executive director of the Mountain View Area Chamber of Commerce and is busy acclimating herself to the new role and at the same time planning for the 58th Arkansas Folk Festival next month, one of the organization’s major events.

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Fire Claims Historic Residence

A historic residence known as the Doc Monroe Place on Highway 14 just west of St. James was destroyed by fire March 21.

Fatal Crash Investigated

Arkansas State Police and local officers are investigating a two-vehicle crash on Herpel Road that took the life of 25-year-old Blake Brown of Mountain View Wednesday around 5:45 p.m.

Arkansas Folk Festival Set April 16-17

After being postponed and then cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 58th Arkansas Folk Festival is set next month, April 16-17.

Basketball Championship Delights Former Player

When the game clock ticked zero giving the Rural Special Lady Rebels their first state basketball championship earlier this month, the spirit of an 89-year-old fan back in Fox was sitting on the bench with a great sense of satisfaction.

'Snow Man' Enjoys Helping Public

Daryl Pitts has snow in his blood. These days, you might even call him the snow man. ARDOT’s area maintenance supervisor for Stone County is a second-generation road-crew worker who remembers the long hours his father would put in to past weather-related events like those county residents are now experiencing.

Elma Wilson Celebrates 95th Birthday

Elma Wilson of Timbo celebrated her 95th birthday Jan. 23. She celebrated at her home with her two sisters and brother and other close family. Instead of a traditional party, family and friends gave her a birthday parade, riding through the yard holding signs, with horns honking, and a siren blaring.

Sports

Softball Team 1-2 For Week

Mountain View High School softball team played three games last week, winning one.

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Business

Lumber, materials prices high

Local builders and suppliers can only guess at what’s driving construction material prices to their highest levels ever, but the demand isn’t slowing down, and the construction market is as strong as it’s been in years.

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Opinion

The Flatlander

In 1963, someone decided it would be a dandy idea launching a down-home festival. They were right.

The Flatlander

If the opportunity passes us by, we will have only ourselves to blame. It was right there in front of us in plain view on the calendar for 148 years.

The Flatlander

As was (and is) the case with many hardworking families in rural America, a big part of my ancestry comes from Ireland, and from the UK - not people of distinction, mind you. Just hardworking folks who came to the US looking for new opportunities, and the chance to fulfill some dreams. It is the essence of America, I believe. This welcoming national spirit on which our country was founded.

Secondhand Newz

It happens every year at the end of basketball season – a painful empathy for players as their seasons come to a close.

The Flatlander

One of the things an outsider coming into Mountain View learns quickly is that music is serious business around here. There are especially strong opinions about the purest forms of music that define folk culture.

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