The Baxter Bulletin

07/03/2025

Flippin Middle School students who won top awards at the Arkansas Junior Federal Duck Stamp Competition are (from left) Nathan Shelton, honorable mention in Grade 7-9 Division; Hayden Morris, third in Grade 7-9 Division and Kendalyn Hubbard, honorable mention in Grade 4-6 Division. Not available for the photo were Aubree Jones, second in the Grade 7-9 Division and Addison Barnett, second in Grade 7-9 Division.

Flippin Middle School students who won top awards at the Arkansas Junior Federal Duck Stamp Competition are (from left) Nathan Shelton, honorable mention in Grade 7-9 Division; Hayden Morris, third in Grade 7-9 Division and Kendalyn Hubbard, honorable mention in Grade 4-6 Division. Not available for...

07/03/2025

The lawsuit by NetChoice filed in federal court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, comes months after a federal judge struck down a state law requiring parental consent before minors can create new social media accounts. The new laws were signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the platforms.

07/03/2025

Reeves was interviewed by Baxter County Deputy Tanner Anderson, while conducting a routine compliance check. At that time, Anderson found that Reeves had provided BCSO with false information regarding his employment.

A Baxter County S*x Offender, Phillip Wade Reeves, 57, of rural Mountain Home was arrested Tuesday for failing to comply with s*x offender registration and reporting requirements, according to a Baxter County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) press release.

07/03/2025

The first winning number drawn for the "The Jewels For You" diamond pendant fundraiser for the Red, White & Blue Festival was not presented by the appointed deadline. Carter's Jewel Chest now is seeking the second winning number which is 234710.

07/03/2025

The Marion County Farm Bureau Women's Committee recently donated copies and teaching guides of the children's book "The Soil in Jackie's Garden" to Flippin Elementary School.

The Marion County Farm Bureau Women's Committee recently donated copies and teaching guides of the children's book "The Soil in Jackie's Garden" to Flippin Elementary School. The book received the American Farm Bureau Association 2020 Book of the Year Award. Cheryl Blasdel, Marion County Farm Bureau...

07/03/2025

Knowing how to stay safe during periods of extreme heat can save lives — including your own.

Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. — more dangerous than hurricanes, floods or tornadoes. With climate change contributing to rising temperatures, it's estimated that 37 percent of heat-related deaths are now linked to climate change.

07/03/2025

This upgrade will enable real-time updates when a missing person is reported to the NCIC by a local law enforcement agency. At that point, the system automatically captures the entry and posts it online, including any live updates or changes to that entry, such as revised information.

For some who may not know, Arkansas has a webpage that serves as a public, searchable database for all missing persons in the state, and it has just been announced that the site received a significant upgrade.

07/03/2025

The Farmers & Merchants Banking Services Team presents $1,000 for aviation scholarship funds to the Leading Edge Aviation Foundation.

07/03/2025

Flippin High School 10th-grader Chloe Wagner, displays her artwork. She won Best of Show for her grade level at the juried Young Arkansas Artist Exhibition at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art in Little Rock for her pastel painting, "Come Back, shown on the bottom.

07/03/2025

Flippin Middle School seventh-grader Braelyn Springfield was honored for her graphite drawing, "Solo Drill," in the juried Young Arkansas Artist Exhibition in Little Rock. She is shown with her artwork, which was judged as the top three seventh-grade artworks in the competition.

07/02/2025

They don't think we know who they are, from Bill Howell
Stop Misinformation, from J.P. McQuaide

They don't think we know who they are

07/02/2025

“The thinking behind splitting the catch-all billboard ordinance is that when people have billboard questions, they don’t want to go through a lot of paperwork addressing smaller signs, and when people have questions about yard signs they don’t want to read through page after page addressing commercial billboards,” Liles explained.

Changes are possibly coming to the city’s current billboard and yard-sign ordinance.