Christmas is not an emergency!

Christmas and money—now there’s a combination that can send anyone spiraling. When you’re trying to take control of your money, saving for an emergency fund is a crucial part of the process. In fact, it’s so important that at Ramsey Solutions, the emergency fund makes up not one, but two of the seven Baby Steps.…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffNovember 7, 20220Comments

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Coulter Celebration of Lights wraps up first Holiday season

Mountain Home’s Coulter Celebration of Lights volunteers and crew wrapped up the city’s first official Christmas light show and festival at Arkansas State University – Mountain Home’s campus Monday evening. To date, the show has had over 7500 cars drive through its gates despite being put together on short notice. The Sheid after the sun…

ByChris FultonDecember 28, 20210Comments

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Christmas Gallery Roundup 2021

A young group of actors put on a nativity scene during this years tree lighting ceremony. This year's ceremony also featured a Christmas festival featuring live axe throwing, carriage rides and more from Mountain Home's Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Alison Fulton/MHO. The Veteran's Plaza war memorial also got a…

ByChris FultonDecember 27, 20210Comments

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Christmas lights up the night with city’s annual “Christmas in Cotter” event

Cotter residents donned their jackets Saturday evening and headed down to Big Spring Park to visit Santa before the city announced the winners of its annual “Christmas in Cotter” event. The event featured brightly lit Christmas displays, the Polar Express conductor, caroling, live band music and more. Children who attended were given free toys from Santa, played…

ByChris FultonDecember 21, 20210Comments

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The Coulter Celebration of Lights: A legacy of stone and lights

Legacy. It’s a powerful word with even more powerful implications. It’s a word that every human thinks about at some point in their life. What will my legacy be? How will I be remembered? What will I leave behind? It’s a word that drives men and women to reach for the stars and devote themselves…

ByChris FultonDecember 19, 20210Comments

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Dave Says: Teach them to be givers…and be an example

Dear Dave, With all the commercials and marketing that accompany the holiday season, how can parents teach their young children about giving and putting others first at this time of year? Maryn Dear Maryn, Christmas is a traditional time to give and help others. But even for adults, it’s easy to get so caught up…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffDecember 16, 20210Comments

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Christmas Wish provides gifts for 150 children in Baxter and Marion counties

Editors Note: The owners of the Mountain Home Observer donated to CareCenter Ministries this Christmas season to help with the purchase of bicycles and books for children. Artwork provided by CareCenter Ministries. CareCenter Ministries 32nd Annual Christmas Wish has raised $13,000 through the generous donations of Mountain Home residents and businesses in town to provide gifts for 150…

ByChris FultonDecember 8, 20210Comments

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Mountain Home lights up the night with Christmas tree ceremony and parade

Christmas cheer is officially in the air after First Security Bank held its third annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in front of a record-breaking crowd at Veteran’s Plaza in downtown Mountain Home Dec. 3. The Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas parade followed the tree lighting ceremony. It's just a way of showing that we're here…

ByChris FultonDecember 3, 20210Comments

Christmas is not an emergency!

Coulter Celebration of Lights wraps up first Holiday season

Christmas Gallery Roundup 2021

Christmas lights up the night with city’s annual “Christmas in Cotter” event

The Coulter Celebration of Lights: A legacy of stone and lights

Dave Says: Teach them to be givers…and be an example

Christmas Wish provides gifts for 150 children in Baxter and Marion counties

Mountain Home lights up the night with Christmas tree ceremony and parade

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