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Dave Says: A lot of red flags

Dear Dave, I live in Dallas, Texas, and I’m wondering if I should sell my condo in order to pay off debt. I owe $120,000 on it, and it’s worth around $260,000. Plus, the homeowners association fee used to be $450 a month and has gone up $100 each year for the last two years,…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 16, 2023

Education Feature Government News

School board holds special training session on Freedom of Information Act

Members of the Mountain Home Public School Board held a special training session with district attorney Marshall Ney on the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act on Thursday evening. The session was brought about following revelations that Mountain Home Superintendent Jake Long had been operating a secret text message group with school board members for eight…

ByChris FultonMay 15, 2023

Education News People

The National Rifle Association donates to Mountain Home High School for the NNDCC Marksmanship program

The National Rifle Association makes a $2,000 donation to the Mountain Home High School for the Mountain Home NNDCC program, two state of the art Sporter class Marksmanship rifles. The Crosman Challenger Rifles arrived April 28th, adding to the major upgrade to the MHHS NNDCC marksmanship program started this year which started with a…

ByChris FultonMay 12, 2023

Education News People

Mountain Home students awarded outstanding achievement awards

Mountain Home Public School students Laurel Smeltzer, Hannah Dooley and Rylee Roberts, have been selected as NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award recipients. Each will receive $500 in a 529 college savings account to be applied toward their higher education. Recipients are chosen based on their demonstrated work to support the five pillars of NJHS: scholarship, service,…

ByChris FultonMay 12, 2023

Education Elections Feature News

It’s not over! Booth and Bryant go to run off for school board seat in Mountain Home

While the millage election may be over, there’s still one last race to be decided. Mountain Home Public School Board candidates Scott Booth and Scott Bryant will be facing each other in a runoff election following the certification of Tuesday night’s vote, following a May 16 hand recount of the elections results by the Baxter…

ByChris FultonMay 11, 2023

Education Government News

State of Arkansas settles Federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional race-based scholarship

Following the settlement of a federal lawsuit today that had been brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: “The Arkansas Minority Health Commission through its executive director settled a lawsuit today brought by Do No Harm,…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 11, 2023

Education Elections Feature News

MHPS fails to convince voters in millage election, sees landslide loss

It was only a dream. Mountain Home Public Schools’ second attempt at securing a millage increase to tear down and rebuild degrading portions of its original high school building has been defeated in a blow out election. This election saw a high voter turnout of nearly 7,000 voters compared to lower turnout of 3,201 in…

ByChris FultonMay 10, 2023

Education Elections News

School Board President Dan Smakal addresses millage election loss

Following the news that Mountain Home Public Schools failed to secure a millage increase, School Board President Dan Smakal released a public statement which can be read below. "In light of tonight's results, the district will need to plan to continue to put students first and address the district’s needs with the dollars we…

ByChris FultonMay 10, 2023

Education Government News

Friends of the Library meeting to host Vicki Garner

The Friends of the Baxter County Library will be hosting gardener and plant enthusiast Vicki Garner at their monthly meeting on March 22 at 1:30pm in the Knox Community Room of the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County. Ms. Garner will be discussing heirlooms and hybrids. In 1978, Vicki opened Plants Alive, a lawn…

ByChris FultonMay 9, 2023

Education News

Pinkston seventh grader places third in state writing showcase

Pinkston Middle School seventh grade student Isabella Chance has placed third in the Arkansas Literacy Association's Student Writing Showcase 6th and 7th grade division. Chance and her family have been invited to attend the ALA’s annual awards ceremony in Benton in July. Chance’s English teacher is Mrs. Toni Hamby.

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMay 4, 2023

Local Mountain Home, AR News