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The kids are crushing it! MHPS honors AP students over success in scoring well on exams
Mountain Home Public School honored its AP scholars and teachers during its monthly school board meeting yesterday evening following a brief presentation of the district’s AP program by MHPS teacher Stephanie Hughes. MHPS’s AP program has seen great success over the last few years, with 205 students participating in the district’s 14 seated/virtual Arkansas AP…
1 day ago
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Arkansas firefighters deployed to Louisiana to help with wildfire suppression efforts
Six wildland firefighters from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division will assist with Louisiana’s Tiger Island Fire for a two-week period beginning today. Investigators believe the wildfire, which started on Aug. 22 and has affected more than 31,000 acres, is the result of arson, according to the Louisiana lluminator. The fire was 84% contained…
1 day ago
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MHPS to host school board meeting tonight
Mountain Home Public Schools will hold its regular monthly school board meeting at the district's administration building at 6 p.m. tonight. Tonight's agenda will include requests for student transfers, party disclosures, the 2023-24 Federal Statement of Assurances, a vendor purchase of over $20,000 and a proposed stipend for the district's dance and cheer programs.…
2 days ago
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Boozman, Booker team up to improve prostate cancer detection
U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation to expand insurance coverage for prostate cancer screenings. The bipartisan Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Screening for High-risk Insured Men (HIM) Act would require private health insurance plans to cover preventive prostate cancer screenings without imposing any cost sharing requirements for men who are at high risk…
2 days ago

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