Howl-O-Ween Scary and Hairy Fest brings dog jog, zombie run to ASUMH on Oct. 10

Dogs in costume, runners fleeing zombies and kids racing decorated tricycles will take over the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus on Saturday, Oct. 10, for the Howl-O-Ween Scary and Hairy Fest. The day benefits Lucky Dawg Rescue and is sponsored by All Creatures Veterinary Hospital. Organizers say all proceeds go to the rescue. The 2.5K/5K…

ByChris FultonSeptember 23, 20260Comments

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Troupe that rebuilt after a fire brings Artrageous to The Sheid on Wednesday

The performers who will paint, sing and dance through Artrageous on Wednesday night have worked together for more than 40 years, and they taught themselves most of what they do on stage. The show opens the 15th season of the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home Performing Arts Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the…

ByChris FultonSeptember 22, 20260Comments

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Suicide prevention speaker tells Mountain Home crowd to ‘step in before they step out’

Dennis Gillan never wanted to talk about suicide. For years, when someone told him a friend was struggling and he ought to say something, he found a way out of the conversation. "I never wanted to talk about this," Gillan told the crowd Saturday night at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center. "I would try…

ByChris FultonSeptember 14, 20260Comments

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Chamber sets second State of Education Breakfast for Sept. 18

The Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its State of Education Breakfast on Friday, Sept. 18, bringing leaders from the area's college, public school district and private academy together to talk about what education here is facing. The event runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the Trout Room at the Vada Sheid…

ByChris FultonSeptember 9, 20260Comments

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ASUMH’s Bailey Hutcheson to be honored as statewide scholarship fund’s distinguished alumna

Bailey Hutcheson went to college as a single parent on a scholarship. This month, the fund that paid for it is honoring her. The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund will name Hutcheson its 2026 Distinguished Alumna at its A Day of Hope luncheon on Friday, Sept. 18, in Little Rock. She graduated from Arkansas State…

ByChris FultonSeptember 9, 20260Comments

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Parents to share son’s story at ASUMH mental health talk

Kelli and Brian Thomas will come to Arkansas State University-Mountain Home this month to talk about their son Skyler, who would have been a senior this year. The ASUMH EMS Program is hosting the talk on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in H104, the Gotaas Lecture Hall. The couple will speak twice that day, at 9:45 a.m.…

ByChris FultonSeptember 9, 20260Comments

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ASUMH enrollment up 4% in preliminary fall count, with revised numbers due today

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home reported 1,363 students in its preliminary fall enrollment count, a 4% increase over last fall's 1,310, as every campus in the Arkansas State University System posted gains this year. The ASUMH figure comes with a caveat. The campus started fall classes later than the system's other institutions, so its total is…

ByChris FultonSeptember 8, 20260Comments

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Capacity building through grant writing workshop set for Sept. 29

Nonprofit organizations and community-based groups interested in strengthening their grant-writing skills are invited to attend Capacity Building Through Grant Writing, a workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Arkansas State University–Mountain Home. Hosted by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture – Baxter County Extension, the workshop will…

ByLeeAnn Blevins, U of A, Div. of Ag, Cooperative Extension ServiceSeptember 3, 20260Comments

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Run for Tomorrow 5K is two weeks out, and this year the day runs from morning to night

The second Run for Tomorrow 5K is now two weeks away, and this year the day includes both a morning race at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home and an evening talk by a national suicide prevention speaker. The race is set for Saturday, Sept. 12, at ASUMH, 1600 S. College St. Registration costs $25, and organizers…

ByChris FultonAugust 31, 20260Comments

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Suicide prevention speaker coming to Mountain Home says he is not a counselor, just a brother who lived it

Dennis Gillan worked in suicide prevention for years without telling anyone about his own two brothers. He brings that story to Mountain Home on Sept. 12 for a free talk hosted by Baxter Health. The event runs from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, 1600 S. College St. on the…

ByChris FultonAugust 31, 20260Comments