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Free Fishing Weekend slated for June 9-11
Thanks to a proclamation by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, anyone may fish in Arkansas without a fishing license or trout stamp from noon Friday, June 9, through midnight Sunday night, June 11. AGFC Director Austin Booth read the proclamation at the May 18 meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, thanking Gov. Sanders for…
2 days ago
BCSO receives grant for mobile data computers
The Baxter County Sheriff's Office and the Baxter County Sheriff's Foundation are excited to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Arkansas State Police's FY 2023 Highway Safety Federal Subgrant Program in the amount of $107,160.00.  This grant will be used for the purchase and installation of mobile data computers for Sheriff's…
2 days ago
Inspiring public service through the Congressional Youth Cabinet
Students are clearing out their lockers and signing yearbooks as teachers grade final exams and close the classroom door for the final time this school year. While their attention is turning to summer, my staff is already preparing for fall and getting ready for our next Congressional Youth Cabinet (CYC). This program is an initiative to help…
2 days ago
Governor Sanders deploys Arkansas National Guard to southern border
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today directed the Arkansas National Guard to send soldiers to the southern border to support the Texas National Guard as they work to combat illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human trafficking at the border due to the failed policies of the Biden Administration. The Arkansas National Guard is sending approximately…
5 days ago
First full moon in June prompts annual spike in cricket sales
Bait shops across Arkansas are preparing for another wave of bream to go to their spawning “beds” and the subsequent wave of anglers looking to fill their cricket cages to chase these feisty fighters during the prime days of the bream spawn. “The first full moon in June,” was a saying told to me by…
5 days ago
Consumer Alert: Arkansans should be wary of Summer travel scams
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement warning Arkansans about summer travel scams: “As Arkansans turn our attention to summer travel plans, it’s important that we are mindful of scammers who want to take advantage of us. Summer trips with family and friends often become some of our fondest memories, but those memories can…
June 1, 2023
Midway native competes for Team Navy in Warrior Games Challenge
A Midway, Arkansas, native will join more than 250 seriously wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans at the Department of Defense (DOD) Warrior Games Challenge June 2 – 12, 2023, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. Naval Aircrewman Operator 2nd Class (ret.) Levi Moore will be competing against athletes…
June 1, 2023
Baxter County Sheriff’s online inmate roster down due to upgrade
The Baxter County Sheriff's Office is informing the public of a scheduled upgrade to its records management system that will take place over the next several days. During this time three features on the website called Inmate Roster, Warrants, and Deadbeat Dads and Moms, will show "OFFLINE FOR MAINTENANCE". According to a press release sent…
May 31, 2023

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