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Addison Kennon is working on a wallet in the Leather Shop at the Ozark Folk Center. On the table in front of her sits a set of custom awards for the FFA officers in her club. These, too, are made …
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By Michelle Nowlin
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9/25/26
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Mike and Nikki Engle enjoy traveling together and participating in shows and fairs with their complementary creations, and this weekend they are staying home to host visitors during the Off The …
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9/23/26
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9/9/26
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Haley Ramer of Mountain View has had a busy summer. Between trips to national competitions with two different school groups, harvesting hay and doing other farm chores, and working odd jobs, she has …
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By Lori Freeze
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8/26/26
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Trestyn Smith became an outdoorsman as soon as he could walk, trailing through the woods with his dad, Derek, and/or uncle, Ryan Lee. He harvested his first deer and his first turkey as soon as he …
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By Lori Freeze
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7/23/26
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Late on a midsummer day, two riders and two horses get ready to round up cattle on the top of a ridge above the Middle Fork of the Little Red River.
Shane McElroy and his daughter, Melissa …
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By Michelle Nowlin
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7/10/26
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Janice and Skip Thomas never planned to have their hearts stolen by a tiny, orphaned colt with health problems. They were instead looking for a companion for their rescued draft horse, Ted, who had …
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By Michelle Nowlin
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6/30/26
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What kind of foods help deer survive the winter? Do we really need to completely suppress fires in our local forests, or are controlled burns good for the ecosystem? How do the trees and forest …
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By Michelle Nowlin
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5/15/26
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On a sunny afternoon in March, Sage Holland, a well known maker of glass beads, pulls up to a compact little building overlooking Greer’s Ferry Lake, where her apprentice, Debbie Cothren, is ready …
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By Michelle Nowlin
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4/3/26
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For well over 50 Christmases, a large wooden Santa and sleigh with moving reindeer stretched across the front yard of Dorothy and Kebel Hinkle’s white house on Main Street in Mountain View.
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By Judy Bishop
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12/23/25
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Ask Linda King about her favorite part of running the Stone County Community Food Ministry, and she doesn’t even have to think. It’s the children.
She describes a child seeing the …
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11/12/25
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Friends and family new and old came out to wish Thelma Clark a happy 90th birthday at her “90 for 90” party Sunday at the Mountain View Senior Center. The family set out to have 90 people …
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By Kristy Verser and Mindy Sloan
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1/28/25
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Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice John Dan Kemp retired at the end of December, ending an eight-year term in the state’s highest judicial office and a career spanning nearly five decades.
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By Edie Sutterfield
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1/28/25
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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 …
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By Lori Freeze
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10/30/24
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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 …
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8/22/24
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Ginger Bigalke has worked thousands of hours in two stints with the Stone County Medical Center Auxiliary and continues to volunteer weekly, donning the distinctive red smock.
Auxiliary members …
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7/23/24
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Thane and Ashley Huyard of Timbo operate a farm encompassing hundreds of acres and hold down jobs outside of the farm along with a home-based business, all while doting on two young children. They …
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By Lori Freeze
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7/16/24
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Gladys Jean Ramsey was born on July 3, 1927, to Walton Otto “Ott” Ramsey and Georgie Gowens Ramsey. She was born at home, delivered by a midwife, on the Stone County farm her grandfather, …
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By Judy Bishop
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7/16/24
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Dustin Jennings doesn’t see many lost causes.
When he sees old cars and trucks parked in places where previous owners gave up on them, Dustin sees a resurrection story.
Not a miracle, …
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By Frank Wallis
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7/16/24
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“Erbyland” at Mountain View High School is no more. Its queen and ruler is moving to not-so-distant lands but will forever remember the people who graced the “wall of fame” in …
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By Lori Freeze
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7/16/24
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