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Local musician’s film wins three international awards

Garrett Duncan (musician) and team from Salem, Arkansas have a award winning short film.” “The Darkened” is a faith based short film created to accommodate a six song EP of the same name. It has recently won three awards, two from Best Shorts Competition and one from IndieFEST Film Awards. Both are online international film festivals judged by Oscar and Emmy Award winning judges. Duncan, 25, has won a prestigious Award of…

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Animal hoarding situation leads to dire need for supplies at CV Animal Shelter 

 In an urgent social media post on Feb. 2, Cherokee Village Animal Control highlighted the need for supplies after responding to an animal hoarding call in which the owner had passed away.  The post said, “We strive to showcase the positives of the shelter responsibilities our animal control officers deal with, but we all know there is sometimes heartbreak behind the stories.  Today there was such a story.” “Our officers responded to…

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Get your fingers ready, out of area code calls to require extra digits

The geographic region currently served by the 870 area code is projected to exhaust its numbering supply during the first quarter of 2025. To ensure a continuing supply of telephone numbers, the Arkansas Public Service Commission (Commission) has approved 327 as a new area code for this region. All existing 870 area code customers will retain their current area code in the overlay area and their telephone numbers will not be changed,…

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Highland School Board Candidates sound off on important issues

Tammy Curtis, Publisher Three Highland School Board of Directors are facing contested races in the Nov. 14 Election. The Spring River Chronicle has had numerous calls, messages and emails regarding candidates and questions about where each falls on several topics. We feel it is vital that as a news agency, we provide the information to our readers to make the best selections.  The Spring River Chronicle submitted a questionnaire for each to…

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McBryde holds signing for new book Odd Duck

Local Author and long time therapist, Alicia McBryde , recenlty published her first book Odd Duck and held a book signing on Aug. 12 at Ozarks Classic Craft Mall in Hardy.   Alicia McBryde, a local author and and therapist held a book signing on Aug. 12 at the Ozark Classic Craft Mall in Hardy for her new book Odd Duck. McBryde signed copies of her book and offered it for sell…

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