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Baxter Health welcomes Victoria Hampton, APRN, to College Street Family Clinic
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (413+ words) Mountain Home Observer Baxter Health welcomes Victoria Hampton, APRN, to College Street Family Clinic Baxter Health is pleased to welcome Victoria Hampton, APRN, to Baxter Health College Street Family Clinic. Hampton began seeing patients on June 15, 2026. Hampton is not new…...
Mountain Home reports June sales tax increases across all categories
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (223+ words) The City of Mountain Home reported increases across all sales tax categories for June, according to data released by Finance and Treasury Director Alma L. Clark. The June figures reflect April 2026 sales. City sales tax collections totaled $602, 539. 54, up $3, 727. 19 from last year's…...
No Monday edition; coverage resumes Tuesday
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (174+ words) Christopher Fulton is an award-winning investigative journalist and U. S. Navy veteran living in Arkansas. Fulton graduated from the University of Memphis in 2020 summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. After seeing a void in Mountain Home's local news market,…...
Issue 3 backers bring a Texas-style development pitch to Mountain Home
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1828+ words) A project Mountain Home wanted last year is now rising across the state line in West Plains, Missouri. Mayor Hillrey Adams says a tax tool Arkansas voters will weigh in November is the reason it got away. Adams made that…...
Arkansas cities receive millions in federal pollution cleanup funds
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (306+ words) Two Arkansas cities were awarded a combined $2. 5 million in grants for pollution cleanup activities by the Environmental Protection Agency, the regulator announced Wednesday." Russellville and Crossett will receive $1. 5 million and $1 million, respectively, to conduct more than 70 environmental site assessments of…...
June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month: Understand the risks, warning signs
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (982+ words) During Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in June, extension experts encourage Arkansans to watch for warning signs of the disease and take swift action to receive earlier treatment. Bryce Daniels, extension assistant professor and state extension health specialist for the…...
Red White & Blue Festival returns to ASUMH this weekend
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (292+ words) The Red White & Blue Festival returns to the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus Friday and Saturday, packing two days with a rodeo, a parade, a 5 K, live music and a fireworks show. The festival runs June 26 and 27 at 1600 South College…...
Mountain Home seniors to paint parking spots in PTO fundraiser
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (206+ words) Mountain Home High School's Class of 2027 will get to paint personalized designs on their parking spots this summer in a fundraiser for the school's parent-teacher organization. Students can reserve a spot for $40. The money goes to the Mountain Home PTO…...
Arkansas sues Roblox and Discord, accusing platforms of putting children at risk
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (619+ words) Arkansas is accusing social gaming platforms Roblox and Discord of profiting from putting children at risk of sexual predation in a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Tim Griffin earlier this month. The June 11 lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles trial…...
Buttigieg says Arkansas voters can send message about Trump by flipping GOP-held House seat
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (544+ words) Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday Arkansas voters can issue a rebuke to President Donald Trump by flipping a Republican-held House seat. " Buttigieg spoke to a packed Dreamland Ballroom in downtown Little Rock alongside Democratic congressional hopeful Chris Jones,…...