February 2024

Early voting starts for Preferential Primary

Early voting for the 2024 Preferential Primary began Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center in Corning and in Piggott at the Piggott Community Center. Clay County Clerk Tyler Wyss reported 63 citizens came out to cast their ballot on the first day of early voting. While many communities are reporting a low early voter turnout for the primary, Wyss stated this was a good start for Clay County with a higher number of first day voters turning out to vote than usual. She said that Saturday was a good day of the week for those early voters who want to vote without a wait time.

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DR. CHRIS JONES

Co-founder of Vortex, Friends, Last week, I wrote a piece about the dogs we love where I encouraged people to have their pets spayed or neutered as I highlighted the challenge of pet overpopulation in rural Arkansas. At the time, I had no idea that a tragic story would unfold in Altus.

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State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services has intensified preventative services in troubled families, and managed to lower the number of children in foster homes. Over the previous two years, the number of Arkansas children in foster care has gone down from 4,614 to 3,698.

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