The 2024 Solar Eclipse has arrived, here’s what you need to know

Good morning Mountain Home! Today is eclipse day and it should be a good one. The National Weather Service is reporting that there is a high chance to view today's solar eclipse, despite partially clouded weather hitting portions of the states. Mountain Home had a good, but not overly packed, weekend, with a…

ByChris FultonApril 8, 20240Comments

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Clear skies? Weather forecasts for Eclipse Day in Mountain Home are looking good

It’s looking like it's game on for eclipse chasers coming to Mountain Home and Baxter County this weekend! While southern Arkansas is looking at cloud coverage and potential stormy weather next Monday, the National Weather Service’s latest report shows that the Twin Lakes area has a high percentage chance of being able to view the…

ByChris FultonApril 3, 20240Comments

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With less than 20 days to go, Mountain Home continues to prepare for 2024 Eclipse

The countdown is officially on. With under 20 days until Arkansas’s 2024 Solar Eclipse, Mountain Home businesses and officials are at work to prepare for the influx of visitors to Baxter County and the state. Next month’s eclipse will mark the United States’s third solar eclipse in the 21st century, with no other eclipse occurring…

ByChris FultonMarch 20, 20240Comments

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State emergency response agencies take part in exercise to prepare for 2024 solar eclipse

On February 15, 2024, federal, state, local, and private agencies participated in a tabletop exercise for the 2024 Great Northern American Solar Eclipse. “Although we have no way of predicting all of the challenges we will face on April 8th, we are doing everything in our power to ensure the safety of Arkansans and…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffFebruary 19, 20240Comments

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Forbes lists Mountain Home as one of the best spots to view 2024 Solar Eclipse

Mountain Home is in the spotlight again! Forbes Magazine has listed Mountain Home as one of Arkansas’s top locations to visit during the state’s upcoming solar eclipse on April 8. It is listed alongside Mena, De Queen, Texarkana, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Conway, Searcy, Jonesboro and more. “To get recognition by Forbes, always means a…

ByChris FultonFebruary 16, 20240Comments

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Buffalo National River prepares for 2024 Eclipse

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will pass over parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. As the eclipse passes over the United States it will cross the state of Arkansas, including a vast majority of Buffalo National River. Buffalo National River will be in the path of totality as the…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffFebruary 16, 20240Comments

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All hands on deck: Baxter Health hosts table top exercise with North Central Arkansas governments and businesses to prepare for 2024 eclipse

It’s all hands on deck. Leaders from various organizations and governments in North Central Arkansas came together yesterday at The Shied at ASU-Mountain Home for Baxter Health’s Tabletop Drill for Arkansas’s upcoming 2024 solar eclipse. The drill saw local leadership begin planning for the massive influx of tourists expected to descend on Baxter, Marion, and…

ByChris FultonOctober 19, 20230Comments

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Guest article: Counting down to next year’s total solar eclipse!

Mid-day sunshine will turn instantly to the darkness of night....nocturnal animals will emerge as if evening has fallen....the air will cool perhaps 15 degrees and a slight breeze will blow as in the cool of night on this April 8, 2024 only one year from now. The moon, moving eastward about its own diameter each…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffApril 6, 20230Comments