Records point to Express Oil Change for Highway 62 East lot as council weighs two rezonings

An Express Oil Change appears headed for the empty lot between Warehouse Liquor and Steve's Satellite on Highway 62 East, according to records in the packet for Thursday's Mountain Home City Council meeting. The council will vote on rezoning the 0.85-acre tract from Commercial C-2 to Commercial C-2A. The ordinance names only the property owners,…

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Mountain Home set to retire a 1979 energy code and a 2002 electrical code in one night

Mountain Home has been enforcing energy efficiency standards written in 1979 and an electrical code from 2002. Both would be replaced Thursday under two ordinances before the City Council. The energy ordinance adopts the 2014 Arkansas Energy Code, the state's version of the International Energy Conservation Code, and repeals Ordinance No. 666, which the council…

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Council to name Philip Frame’s replacement Thursday after resignation

The Mountain Home City Council will appoint a new Ward 3 council member Thursday to replace Philip Frame, who resigned Sept. 30 after accepting a job in Northwest Arkansas. The appointment is the last item on the agenda for the council's 5 p.m. meeting at the Municipal Building, 720 Hickory St. Mayor Hillrey Adams is…

ByChris FultonOctober 9, 20260Comments

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Frame resigns from Mountain Home City Council for job in another city

Mountain Home City Council member Philip Frame has resigned his Ward 3, Position 1 seat after less than two years in office, and the council plans to name his replacement at its Oct. 15 meeting. Frame's resignation took effect Sept. 30. In a letter to Mayor Hillrey Adams filed with the city clerk's office that…

ByChris FultonOctober 5, 20260Comments

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City property tax stays at 2 mills as council takes up annexation, fee questions Thursday

Mountain Home property owners will pay the city the same 2 mills next year that they have paid for years, if the City Council approves a routine levy resolution at its meeting Thursday. The council meets at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 720 Hickory St. Along with the levy, members will consider a…

ByChris FultonSeptember 29, 20260Comments

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Mountain Home has charged planning fees for decades that no ordinance ever set

The city of Mountain Home has been collecting fees for lot splits, subdivision plats and large-scale development plans for years without an ordinance that authorizes them, and City Clerk Scott Liles could not find one when he went looking. The problem surfaced when the Building Department asked Liles to track down where the city had…

ByChris FultonSeptember 28, 20260Comments

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Recycling center trims its losses, but plastic still goes in the trash

The Baxter Day Service Center is $23,000 in the red through the first eight months of 2026, a fraction of the losses that pushed the nonprofit to the brink a year ago, Executive Director Paul Neal told the Mountain Home City Council this month. The center finished 2025 with an $85,000 loss. Neal said the…

ByChris FultonSeptember 17, 20260Comments

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Council to take final vote on food truck rules, weigh 60-unit apartment rezoning Thursday

The Mountain Home City Council is set to take a final vote Thursday on a rewrite of the city's food truck rules that has been in the works since spring, along with three rezoning requests, a $565,000 vacuum excavator for the water department and the first update to planning fees in decades. The council meets…

ByChris FultonSeptember 17, 20260Comments

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Council to weigh records destruction, smart meters and food truck rules Thursday

The Mountain Home City Council will consider destroying decades of old city records, buying 96 smart water meters without competitive bidding and giving a second reading to the city's rewritten food truck rules when it meets Thursday. The Council meets at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 720 Hickory St.…

ByChris FultonSeptember 2, 20260Comments

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Gregory family honors Adams, City Council with bronze plaques at community center

The family whose company built the Mountain Home Community Center unveiled two bronze plaques Thursday morning honoring Mayor Hillrey Adams and the Mountain Home City Council. Adams had no idea they were coming. One plaque recognizes everyone who had a hand in the project. The second carries the mayor's likeness and honors him alone. Will…

ByChris FultonAugust 7, 20260Comments