Arkansas Awarded $209 Million for FY26 through President Trump’s Rural Health Transformation Program
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that Arkansas has received $208,779,396 for Fiscal Year 2026 to strengthen rural health through President Trump’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), established by the President’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill. Governor Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) submitted the state’s application for funding on October 31. “Today’s announcement shows that President Trump and his administration place a priority on improving rural health and…
Cherokee Village man racks up felonies following domestic assault on woman
From Police and Court Records A Cherokee Village man who beat a woman and ran from the home was later captured and arrested. In a surprising turn of events, he was returned to the home later the same day and racked up two additional felony charges: Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree, a Class D Felony, and Intimidating a Witness, a Class B Felony. John J. Nye, 54, of 60 Poteau Drive…
Hindsight’s 20/20
Lawsuit could cost Sharp and Fulton County $6-8 million if not resolved for collecting tax levies for years for CVSID Village SID Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor, Publisher Unless one has lived under a rock, the illegal taxation lawsuit filed against the Cherokee Village Suburban Improvement (CVSID), the City, American Land Company, other entities, and individuals in 2018 began a saga that continues to this day. Why? Recent evidence suggests that those in…
Cave City to get new elementary school with no additional taxes
Tammy Curtis, Publisher, Managing Editor Last Tuesday was the day many in Cave City had been anticipating. As the last ballots were counted at the Sharp County Courthouse on Tuesday. Nov. 18 for the Special Election, the Cave City School District learned that they would be getting a new elementary school. The school will be built at no additional millage cost to the taxpayers of the district. Voters in the Cave City…
John 3:16 opens first medical clinic at camp
By Andrea Bruner, Special to the SRC Placing a medical clinic at John 3:16 Ministries might seem like an obvious choice, but it actually took 20 years – and having women at the camp – to make it happen. Director Bryan Tuggle said the camp has always needed medical and mental health care, but they didn’t really realize it. The camp opened in 2002 with just men, and Tuggle joked that men…
