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Class of 2026 set to cross the stage Friday with $4. 2 million in scholarships
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (343+ words) The 307 seniors of Mountain Home High School's Class of 2026 will walk across Bomber Stadium on Friday, May 15, capping a year that produced 41 Summa Cum Laude graduates and roughly $4. 2 million in scholarship offers. The ceremony begins at 7 p. m. A Saturday rain date…...
Two Baxter County 4-H members win state record book honors
1+ week, 2+ day ago (306+ words) Two Baxter County 4-H members have won top honors in the Arkansas 4-H State Record Book Contest, one of the program's most competitive statewide recognitions. Hannah Dooley won for her leadership record book, and Katie Hicklin won for her horse…...
AGFC education challenge returns to Spa City for Arkansas students Nov. 4-5
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (181+ words) Larami Burge, Generation Conservation Coordinator for the AGFC, said this year's event will build on last year's positive experience, keeping the most popular portions of the 2025 Summit and adding a few new twists. The 2025 Summit would not have been possible…...
Baxter County Budget Committee rejects playground request amid public outcry
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1810+ words) The Baxter County Budget Committee declined to fund a proposed playground on the courthouse lawn this past Thursday, ending a request from downtown merchants that drew a standing-room crowd of angry residents and raised pointed questions about how the project…...
MHPS board calls for accountability after employees face verbal abuse from parents
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (704+ words) The Mountain Home Public Schools Board of Education took up an uncomfortable topic at its Feb. 19 meeting, with board member Marsha Partney reading aloud a state law that makes it illegal to verbally abuse school employees and calling for stricter…...
Schmeski calls for work session with high school staff on block scheduling
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (562+ words) School board member Jason Schmeski asked the district to schedule a work session with high school staff to discuss whether Mountain Home High School should move away from block scheduling, saying he wants to explain directly to teachers why he…...
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down: Mountain Home kindergartners show lessons in decision-making
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (912+ words) A group of kindergartners sat cross-legged on numbered circles in the counseling room at Mountain Home Kindergarten on Monday morning, thumbs at the ready, as school counselor Sharla Patrick walked them through the finer points of right and wrong. "If…...