04/30/11 Rescue personnel remove 17-year-old Mountain Home resident Miranda Manchester from a Jeep Wrangler following a one-car accident on Arkansas State Highway 5 South in Mountain Home late Friday afternoon. Manchester was northbound when she saw traffic stopped in front of her and swerved into a roadside ditch, according to Sgt. Larry Caruso with the Mountain Home Police Department. Manchester, who ...
04/29/11 The Cotter School District in northern Arkansas held classes in darkened buildings after a power pole fell and left the school without electricity for about half a day.
04/29/11 Superintendent Don Sharp says the pole snapped about 6:30 a.m. Thursday but classes were held as scheduled because buses were already on their routes picking up students.
04/29/11 A Greenbrier couple has pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing a Lonoke County pawn shop owner.
03/16/11 Rainbow World Fund has set up the LGBT Japan Earthquake Fund at the request of some of its donors, who wanted to help survivors of the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit the country last week.
03/04/11 University of Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino will be the keynote speaker at the Baxter County Razorback Club's annual banquet on Tuesday at the Baxter County Fairgrounds.
03/04/11 Breeders' Cup president and chief executive officer Greg Avioli has resigned to take a new position with a racing and gaming company, Breeders' Cup announced March 4.
03/01/11 The Cotter Junior High School Quiz Bowl Team captured second at the recent regional tournament in Quitman, advancing the team to state competition Saturday in Hot Springs. Team members Cameron Ross and Haylen Callahan also were named to the All Tournament Team. Shown are (first row, from left) Andy Slater, Callahan, Emily Krause, and Amber Benedict; (second row) Justice Didway; (third row); and ...
02/23/11 At the Cotter City Council meeting Tuesday, Mayor Peggy Hammack, Councilman John Adams, and members of the audience supported hosting a fund-raising event for the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas in an event called "Bridge Bash" proposed to take place 9 am. - 2 p.m. Sept. 24. They were joined by Cotter Area Chamber of Commerce members present.
02/22/11 Three teams representing the Mountain Home Lions homeschool basketball program completed play in the Arkansas State Homeschool Basketball Tournament Saturday at the McGee Center in Conway.
02/21/11 The Cotter Lady Warriors completed an undefeated run against 2A-2 Conference teams Saturday with a 64-36 whipping of the Quitman Lady Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2A-2 District Tournament at Cedar Ridge High School in Newark.
02/21/11 Cotter City Council will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers at Cotter City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.
12/09/10 The Cotter Lady Warriors advanced to the quarterfinals of the North Arkansas College Senior Girls Invitational Tournament by easily defeating the Western Grove Lady Warriors, 48-26, in opening-round play Wednesday evening at Pioneer Pavilion.
12/09/10 Local Mountain Home team The Silver Spartans took the championship slot and will move on to the FIRST World Championship Festival to be held in April at St. Louis.
12/04/10 The East Oakland Baptist Church first Saturday sing is set for 6 p.m. today at the church, 3095 U.S. Hwy. 62 E. The sing features gospel music, congregational singing and special music, followed by a potluck.
11/12/10 The Baxter BulletinChristmas Wish program has several fundraisers scheduled, so mark your calendars. The annual Carat Cake event is set 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 20 at Carter's Jewel Chest. Carrot cupcakes, some containing gemstones, will be available for $5 each, with proceeds donated to Wish. The annual toy run by Arkansas Bikers Aiming Toward Education is set Nov. 21 ...
11/03/10 Lori and I met Jim and Liz Smith several years ago, just after they bought the Schroeder House Bed and Breakfast and were converting it to River Ridge Inn. We were interested in soliciting business for our guide service. We were still in the process of growing it from a part-time endeavor to a full-time occupation.
10/25/10 The Baxter County Sheriff's Office says a woman calling from the State of Louisiana said she saw another woman in her area on the Baxter County Sheriff's website who had an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
10/21/10 Eva Frame, who chairs the Mountain Home City Council's public safety committee, says cities of similar size have their own animal control operations and believes Mountain Home should establish its own animal control operation and facility.
10/20/10 Mountain Home City Clerk Brian Plumlee has announced the agenda for regular Mountain Home City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday. The meeting is open to the public and will be at the council chambers in the Municipal Building. | 
