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Ozark County has been awarded $6,518 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program.  A local board made up of...

Ozark County Commissioners toured and inspected county buildings last week and found several improvements that needed to be made, particularly at the recycling center and the jail. Above, Western District Commissioner Layne Nance (left) and Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton are given a tour of the jail facility by jailer Hunter Ryan. Commissioners have cut back funding they planned to give to White River Valley Electric Cooperative for a fiber-optic internet project to focus on county building needs and other projects. County commissioners plan to put a new roof on the jail this year and make other improvements.
Ozark County commissioners have changed the amount of money they are giving to White River Valley Electric Cooperative as a local contribution toward...
March 22, 2023, 11:07 AM

Ozark County native and legendary banker John Harlin, 86, died March 15 at his home in Gainesville.
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part tribute. The conclusion will be published in the March 29 edition.      For more than 30 years, Ozark...
March 22, 2023, 10:59 AM
County Commissioners opened bids on new road graders for the county Monday morning, saying they may buy up to four of the new machines. “It depends...
March 15, 2023, 11:30 AM
Ozark County has been awarded $6,518 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board program.  A local board made up of...
March 22, 2023

News

  • March 22, 2023
    Ozark County has been awarded $6,518 in federal funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management...

  • Ozark County Commissioners toured and inspected county buildings last week and found several improvements that needed to be made, particularly at the recycling center and the jail. Above, Western District Commissioner Layne Nance (left) and Presiding Commissioner Terry Newton are given a tour of the jail facility by jailer Hunter Ryan. Commissioners have cut back funding they planned to give to White River Valley Electric Cooperative for a fiber-optic internet project to focus on county building needs and other projects. County commissioners plan to put a new roof on the jail this year and make other improvements.
    March 22, 2023
    Ozark County commissioners have changed the amount of money they are giving to White River Valley Electric Cooperative as a local contribution toward a region-wide high speed internet project....

  • Ozark County native and legendary banker John Harlin, 86, died March 15 at his home in Gainesville.
    March 22, 2023
    Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part tribute. The conclusion will be published in the March 29 edition.   For more than 30 years, Ozark County legendary banker John...

Obits

  • March 22, 2023
     Devoted husband, father and brother,“Pappy” to granddaughters Abbi and Faith,Country Banker, Professional Speaker,Humorist and Impressionist  John Harlin, 86, was born...
  • March 22, 2023
    Joe C. Lewis was born on July 26, 1950, the third son of five boys and four girls born to Eugene and Marie Simpson Lewis of Clarkridge, Arkansas.Joe passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023, at his...
  • March 22, 2023
    Funeral services for Zelma Lorene Cockrum, 80, were held March 17, 2023, in the Clinkingbeard Chapel in  Ava with Pastor Stan Collins officiating. Burial was at Smith Chapel Cemetery in...

Education

  • November 17, 2022
    Several Ozark County athletes were named to the all-conference team for volleyball, including a Bakersfield player who was also named conference MVP.Jessie Keith, of Bakersfield, was named to the all...

  • First grade First grade winners in the 2022 Ozark County Spelling bee were, from left: first place Avenleigh Garnette of Dora, second place Joshua Engelhardt of Dora, third place Naomi Cummings of Dora and fourth place Emillie Vanderveen of Gainesville.
    November 17, 2022

  • The Dora JAG students have undertaken a service project to provide hygiene kits and products in school bathrooms for fellow students to use and take as needed. JAG students are pictured here with a donation of personal hygiene and feminine products donated by Sam and Kayla Miller of Roy’s Store in Dora. Students, pictured from left, are Kaitlynn Brown, Shauna Lake, Loghan Bruce and Lauren Martin.
    November 4, 2022
    We wanted to bring you an update about the Dora Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program. Out chapter is part of a national program that is dedicated to helping teach students skills to be...

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