MEDIA PARTNER WHITE RIVER NOW REPORTS, AN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY MAN DIED SUNDAY AFTER A PLANE ACCIDENT IN A RURAL AREA NEAR BATESVILLE... ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE MAN WAS PILOTING A SMALL AIRCRAFT WHEN IT BECAME ENTANGLED IN POWER LINES NEAR PFEIFFER OFF CHINN SPRINGS ROAD ABOUT 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILOT, WHO WAS ALONE IN THE PLANE, WAS REPORTEDLY UNHARMED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FIRST BECAME CAUGHT. CREWS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, BUT THE PILOT, WHOSE NAME WAS NOT RELEASED, EVENTUALLY FELL A FEW HOURS LATER AND SUCUMMED TO HIS INJURIES.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS INCREASING IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS… THE LATEST DATA FROM THE ARKANSAS DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES SHOWS UNEMPLOYMENT SLIGHTLY IN NOVEMBER COMPARED TO OCTOBER... IN FULTON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED FROM TWO POINT EIGHT IN OCTOBER TO THREE POINT FOUR IN NOVEMBER.. FULTON COUNTY HAS THE 27TH LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE AND THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ANY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... IZARD COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPED FROM FOUR POINT ONE IN OCTOBER TO FOUR POINT EIGHT IN NOVEMBER. SHARP COUNTY JUMPED FROM FOUR POINT FOUR IN OCTOBER TO FOUR POINT NINE PERCENT IN NOVEMBER.. LAWRENCE COUNTY WAS UP TO FIVE POINT TWO PERCENT IN NOVEMBER, COMPARED TO FOUR POINT SIX IN OCTOBER... RANDOLPH COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT STOOD AT FOUR POINT EIGHT IN NOVEMBER, COMPARED TO FOUR POINT FOUR IN OCTOBER.. UNEMPLOYMENT WAS ALSO UP IN BAXTER, STONE AND INDEPENDNCE COUNTIES.. ARKANSAS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NOVEMBER WAS THREE POINT THREE PERCENT, THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS MONTH....
THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION IS HOSTING A QUALIFIED PRESCRIBED BURNER COURSE IN MAMMOTH SPRING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 8 TIL 5 BOTH DAYS... WE GET MORE FROM THE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION'S TYLER SAVAGE… THURSDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY A CLASSROOM DAY, LEARING ABOUT PRESCRIBED FIRE AND FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A TEST AND A LIVE FIRE… TYLER SAYS ITS EASY TO SIGN UP.… GET SIGNED UP BY WEDNESDAY FOR THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION'S PRESCRIBED BURNER COURSE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 8 TO 5 BOTH DAYS AT THE MAMMOTH SPRING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 9 SOUTH
ARKANSAS FAMILIES HAVE A NEW WAY TO EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NATURAL STATE GOOSECHASE. THE INTERACTIVE APP COMBINES EXPLORATION, CREATIVITY, AND FUN, OFFERING WEEKLY CHALLENGES TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE. THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION (AGFC) IS ROLLING OUT THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM AFTER TESTING IT LOCALLY FOR THE PAST YEAR. ERIC MAYNARD, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE AGFC EDUCATION DIVISION, SAYS "EACH NATURE CENTER WAS DOING SCAVENGER HUNTS, AND NOW WE'RE READY TO GO STATEWIDE." PARTICIPANTS CAN NOW USE THE GOOSECHASE APP TO COMPLETE MISSIONS SUCH AS VISITING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, NATURE CENTERS, AND MORE. USERS EARN POINTS BY POSTING PHOTOS OR VIDEOS OF THEIR ADVENTURES. MAYNARD SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO AGFC PROGRAMS. THE MISSIONS ARE DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO EVERYONE, FROM HUNTERS AND ANGLERS TO HIKERS, BIRDERS, AND PADDLERS. NEW CHALLENGES WILL BE ADDED EACH MONDAY THROUGH MARCH, AND PARTICIPANTS WHO REACH A CERTAIN POINT THRESHOLD WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES. THE APP AND PARTICIPATION ARE FREE.
THE FULTON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL MEET TONIGHT AT THE HICKINBOTHAM - MILLER BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM.. SOCIAL HOUR AT 5;30, THE BUSINESS MEETING BEGINS AT 6.. THE COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS POSSIBLY CHANGING THE MEETING TIME TO SATURDAY MORNINGS AND ELECTING OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FULTON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION... ALL MEMBERS AND OTHER INTRESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED... FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT COMMITTEE CHAIR, HEATH SHRABLE AT 870-612-0374. •
IF YOU ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING THRU THE GRIEVING PROCESS, PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE WILL BEGIN ANWWWOTHER GRIEFSHARE SERIES TUESDAY.... THIS IS PEACE LUTHERAN PASTOR BRIAN PUMMELL.… 8041 1:01 Q; THE WORKBOOK PURCHASE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE AT 870-257-3957 OR VISIT THE GRIEFSHARE WEBSITE AT GRIEFSHARE.ORG.
ITS THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH WHICH MEANS THERE IS A LENGTHY LIST OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS SCHEDULED.. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY QOURUM COURT MEETS AT 5:30 AT THE COURTHOUSE IN WALNUT RIDGE.. THE SHARP COUNTY QOURUM COURT MEETS AT 6 AT THE COURTHOUSE IN ASH FLAT... THE IMBODEN, CALICO ROCK, PINEVILLE, RAVENDEN AND OXFORD CITY COUNCIL'S ALL MEET TONIGHT.. THE MAMMOTH SPRING SCHOOL WILL ALSO MEET TONITE..
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