First of Four Meetings Scheduled for Tuesday By Delcie Kincaid Washington Water Authority officials will begin hosting water tap sign-up sessions next week for residents in the Southeast Washington County Phase 2 Water Project Area, according to WWA general manager Josh Moore. “We will be there to answer questions, get…
By Susan McCarthy West Fork- Three rural West Fork women have a dream that has just become one step closer to reality after the city council voted last week to designate a piece of city-owned land for a fitness center in West Fork. Eula Lichty and Sybil Baker were working…
By Joseph C. Neal Frog – that’s what we are calling a relatively new (since 2005) Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Wildlife Management Area. It’s actually Frog Bayou and located right along the Arkansas River east of Van Buren. It’s an easy drive down 540. Frog has been created in…
Council Appoints “Neutral” Party By Susan McCarthy Greenland- Johney Boles stood before Greenland’s city council Monday evening, asking them to not over-ride Mayor Gray’s veto of a council vote that had seated him in a vacant city council position less than two weeks ago. “I ask the council to not…
By Susan McCarthy It’s a tradition. Many in our area have Labor Day weekend well-marked on their calendars. Not for a cookout or because they’ll get a day out of work, but because they look forward to their annual pilgrimage to the Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair. Much of the fair…
by Alison Grisham We all have bad days from time to time. Every now and again a catastrophic event will make a person feel like waving a white flag. It may be a broken heart or a hefty tax bill gnawing away at the gut. Maybe it’s a wrecked…
By Steve Winkler A new exhibit was accepted by the Winslow City Museum at a ceremony prior to the Monday night’s council meeting. A 1967 Triumph motorcycle was loaned to the museum by the Clark family. The motorcycle was owned by the late Don Clark, lifelong resident, city council member,…
