Community News

Through a partnership with the US Department of Agriculture, Life360 Community Services is a nonprofit organization that provides meals to students in rural areas at the end of each school day.The organization has served over 10 million meals filling the hunger gap for thousands of children since its founding in 2016. The organization is on a mission to reverse poverty’s effects on rural families and communities. This year, Life360 is offering its…

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Michale Riggs-Self and her Highland Middle School Art classroom have recently been selected to receive an Arkansas Art Educators Presidents Foundation Grant! She applied for this grant with the hopes of being able to purchase supplies/tools to expand the General Fiber Arts part of her classroom. She’ll use the grant money to purchase several things for her classroom including sewing machines. This will give students the opportunity to explore different aspects of…

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By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As students ended their summer break and headed back to school on Aug. 15, they were greeted by a building that has been transformed. Cherokee Elementary School received the largest face lift. The small school that had little change since opening in 1966. If one didn’t know, they would think they were walking through the doors of a new school. Funding for the project was approved a…

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The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism recently announced $25,000 in grants for 10 historic properties and museums across the state. Funded by the 1/8thcent conservation tax, the awards help small history museums, historical societies, historic houses and sites, and military museums promote education, awareness and enjoyment of Arkansas history. “Arkansas’s community- based museums are one of our state’s many treasures,” said Stacy Hurst, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks,…

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First Community Bank has announced that Fred Holzhauer has been promoted to senior vice president, branch manager/lending for the financial institution’s Cherokee Village location. Having a total of 18 years of experience in the banking and finance industry, Holzhauer has served as vice president branch manager/lending since joining the bank in 2007. In addition to generating and managing his commercial lending portfolio, Holzhauer is responsible for overseeing the operations at the branch,…

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