Stone County Leader

12/02/2025

District basketball tournament at Rural Special will start Saturday rather than Monday because of the possibility of snow midweek.

https://stonecountyleader.com/stories/1a-2-district-tournament-to-start-saturday,4983

12/02/2025

Several bills impacting the ballot initiative process are advancing through the legislature.

A divided legislative panel advanced five of six bills that would alter Arkansas’ citizen-led petition process after more than three hours of debate Tuesday.

16/01/2025

There's a lot of good information for teachers at this link.

Discover free educator events, tools and resources to help students develop critical media and news literacy skills. Take part in National News Literacy Week, Feb. 3-7, 2025.

10/01/2025

Anyone who would like to contribute to a snow photo page is encouraged to message images here, or send to [email protected]. Please include location and photographer’s name, and identify anyone in the photo.

31/12/2024

AN ITEM INTENDED FOR THE JAN. 1 ISSUE:

The Mountain View Art Guild will hold its first meeting of the year on Monday, January 6, 2025. The meeting will be held at 1:30 in the “Painting Place” behind the old school on School Avenue.

Anyone interested in the fine arts is invited to attend, whether interested in painting, honing one’s artistic skills or simply a supporter of the fine arts in Stone County. Dues are $25 per year and are payable at the beginning of the year.

Officers for the new year are: Co-Presidents Shelly Smith and Meganne Townsend, Vice Chair Loretta Babak, Secretary Co-Chairs Dona Sawyer and Virginia Parsons and Treasurer Paula Lane. The Guild sponsors the hanging of paintings at First Service Bank as well as at the Stone County Medical Center. Art is also hung by Guild members at the Skillet Restaurant and at the Gift Shop at the Ozark Folk Center. All paintings, cards and prints are for sale.

The Mountain View Art Guild was created in 1986 to support the artists and arts in and around Stone County.

19/12/2024

📣 We're hiring! 📣

Come be a part of the team at Blanchard Springs Caverns by applying to be a cavern guide! There are 7 positions available, 1 supervisory guide, and 6 general guides. See the links below for a job description and how to apply! Applications are only open until December 20th!

Supervisory Guide: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/824689500
General Guide: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/824691100

📷: The team from the 2023 season at the 50th Anniversary of the Dripstone Tour.

19/12/2024

Information for this service on Friday was not available for our publication this week. The obituary will be published in the Dec. 25 issue.

A Memorial Page for Heather Kirby has been posted on the Roller-Crouch Funeral Home web site - With All Our Respect.

17/12/2024

Our Letters to Santa section is in this week's issue, along with a story of the county approving a budget that includes two additional sheriff's deputies, the city council lifting restrictions on food trucks, details from the Timbo/Rural Special basketball games, youth wrestling and much more! This week's photo page is from the Shop With A Cop event.

11/12/2024

Mountain View City Council this week unanimously agreed to amend the food truck ordinance to allow food trucks to operate anywhere within the city limits.

The council agreed the only limitations were that food truck operators must have permission from landowners and must not cause any safety issues with traffic.

See the full story in our coming issue.

*Edited to note: action to amend the ordinance making this decision official is expected in January.

09/12/2024

Mountain View School Board, which usually meets on the second Monday of each month, has postponed this month's meeting to Dec. 16. The board meets in the Kindergarten Center at 6 p.m.

05/12/2024

The December community calendar is now online, updated from the version printed las week.

04/12/2024

01/12/2024

The Chamber is still looking for tree sponsors.

November 23, 2024 - Christmas Tree Trail - Local organizations, business or individuals can take this opportunity to decorate a Christmas Tree for all to see on the Courthouse Square.  Spectators will stroll through downtown enjoying hot cocoa & hot apple cider, checking out vendors and activit...

27/11/2024

FROM MTN VIEW WATER DEPT:

Boil Order Lifted
November 27, 2024

Boil water notice has been lifted for the customers along Hwy 5 South of Mill Pond bridge, including side roads. This order was issued as a precautionary measure because of the possibility that contaminated water may have entered the distribution system as a result of a complete loss in normal system pressure and a main break.

23/11/2024

ALERT FROM MTN VIEW WATER DEPT:

Main Line Break on S Bayou Dr
November 23, 2024

Per 8" main line break on S Bayou, near the old Mill Pond bridge. Customers on Green Lp, Mill Pond Rd, Anderson Dr., from Hwy 5 S on S Bayou Dr it will extend 3000'. Also includes Hwy 5 S, from the new Mill Pond bridge to the city limits, will be under a precautionary boil order until further notice. Please briskly boil your water for consumption for at least 2 minutes. Spring Creek Rd will not be included in this boil water order. We will have to collect 1 set of samples & send to the Health Dept. When we get the results back, we will send out another alert. The sample will be taken Monday. Sorry for any inconvenience.

20/11/2024

Mountain View Water Dept has announced that crews will be repairing a system leak today. Service outage may be experienced from Maple Dr to Maple Heights area. Parts of Sarah Ln, Grover Ave, Stone Ave, and Hughes Ave may also experience outage or low pressure.