Vannoy said, “We’ll have to find the ordinance, but the planning and zoning is all under that one under ordinance. It was stated that the zoning code for the city of Corning. It can be found on the city’s website at: https://www.corningar. gov/wp-content/uploads/ 2022/09/20220915 _Adopted_-June-2018-1.pdf Mayor Ahrent explained during the discussion that the purpose of the Zoning Commission and the zoning code was to protect neighborhoods house values.
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The L&A and Public Testing for the General Election in Clay County will be held in the Election Warehouse on S.W 2nd Street next door to the Clay County Courier at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The public is invited to attend.
This time of year, in Clay County it is not unusual to find a layer of ash on everything around your home. With the beautiful autumn weather comes crop burning season, where local farmers burn their fields of stubble to make way for a new crop in the spring, sending up plumes of toxic smoke.
greg@gregleding.com Beginning last Tuesday, lawmakers will, over the next several weeks, hear budget requests from state agencies, boards, and commissions and make recommendations as to their appropriations. It’s a biennial process that always precedes a regular session, as lawmakers need time to consider requests, and staff needs time to draft appropriations.
On the back of the photo is written the following: Sallie at the desk. Jerry on the counter.
What’s that they say about “if you don’t like the Arkansas weather just stick around a few days and it will change?” I’ve got news for you, it can change in less than an hour. Some friends and I had planned to go to Herber Springs for an outdoor event on Saturday and the weathermen had us puzzled about what to wear… heavy or light clothing. They talked like Saturday was going to be cold and bad with thunderstorms. Not to be outdone, we took off before daylight wearing medium-heavy clothing and carrying a trunk load of rain scarfs and umbrella, plus heavy jackets… I even took my Winter coat!
. I know there are those who believe that the death of the newspaper would have no impact on our town. If we were to ever lose the Courier, it would be as big a hit to Corning as the loss of Walmart was to the town. It might possibly be the nail in the coffin because the newspaper is the compass, thermometer, and thermostat of the community. The importance of a newspaper to a town is more than what meets the eye. Next to the school, the newspaper is a cog in the wheel of our region.
The Arkansas State Highway Commission recently announced the release of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Federal Fiscal Years 20232026. One of the projects of particular interest to Corning residents is the I-57 project from the Missouri state line to Walnut Ridge. Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority Executive Director, Graycen Bigger announced the exciting news during the Intermodal’s monthly meeting at Clay County Electric in Corning on Thursday, Sept. 29. Bigger explained that the STIP is the State Highway Commission’s Bible. “If it’s in here, they have to do it. And both I-57 from the stateline to Walnut Ridge and the Pocahontas bypass did make it.”