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5 Teams Advance to Regionals

Five local teams advance to this week’s regional tournament basketball action, with Mountain View senior boys and girls at Melbourne for Region 3A-2, and Rural Special senior boys and girls …
Events

Christmas on the Square

Mountain View Area Chamber of Commerce held its second annual multi-day Christmas on the Square event Dec. 6-8. See photos and story in the Dec. 11 issue.

42nd Bean Fest All Good

The 2024 Bean Fest and Arkansas Championship Outhouse Race drew the largest crowd in many years, perhaps ushered in by near-perfect weather and near-peak fall foliage. Those two aspects have rarely …
Sports

Lady Yellowjackets Fall To Dover In State Semi-final

EDITOR’S NOTE: this article is a different version than appears in print in the March 12 issue. More comments from the coach appear in print. This article contains more game detail. …

Lady Rebels Fall Short In Attempt To Upset West Side

Rural Special basketball coach Hanse Bowman said he doesn’t think anyone gave his team much of a chance against West Side in Saturday’s Class 1A State Tournament semi-final game at …
SCHOOLS
Spring Break Shifted

Mountain View School Board approved a change to the 2024-25 calendar last week, moving spring break one week later. Spring break week is set by the state and has been the third week of March for …

Feature Stories
Timbo basketball teams hosted Jasper for the Tigers home opener Friday night, with a big crowd in attendance for dedication of the facility as the Jim Anderson Gymnasium, recognizing the former …
Josephine Linker Hart accepted the Stone County Historical Society’s History Maker Award from Robbie Purdom in July. As the first from Stone County to have been elected to the Arkansas …