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Baxter Regional Medical Center (BRMC) in Mountain Home, Arkansas
At press time Tuesday, there had been no known COVID-19 exposures to any BRMC patients or employees, and no known cases have been identified in Baxter County, a BRMC spokesman said recently.
“I feel like there is a bell-shaped...
With confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the rise in the United States, many people have taken to stockpiling supplies for fear they may be directed to self-quarantine as the virus spreads.
Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, antibacterial wipes and rubbing alcohol inventories at Ozark County stores have...
The 2020 Real Ozarks Magazine, a glossy-covered, full-color guide to exploring Ozark County and the surrounding area, is now available at the Times office and wherever newspapers are sold.
The popular magazine, published annually by the Times, is also distributed at visitor centers across the...
Twenty percent of Ozark County’s registered voters – 1,408 of 7,037 – voted in the March 10 Presidential Preference Primary. Incumbent president Donald Trump swept the Republican race while challenger Joe Biden got the most Democratic votes.
These 408 votes were cast on the Democrat Party ballot...
Ozark County Health Department administrator Rhonda Suter recommends following the CDC’s main guideline for dealing with COVID-19: Anyone who is sick with a fever or coughing should stay home and avoid being in groups.
OCHD does not offer any testing and advises anyone showing possible COVID-19...
Baxter Regional Medical Center (BRMC) in Mountain Home, Arkansas
At press time Tuesday, there had been no known COVID-19 exposures to any BRMC patients or employees, and no known cases have been identified in Baxter County, a BRMC spokesman said recently.
“I feel like there is a bell-shaped curve,...
In December 2019, several people in Wuhan, China, began displaying symptoms of a new coronavirus. Since then, COVID-19 has swept swiftly through the world, officially being declared a pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization.
At press time Tuesday, eight cases had been confirmed in...
A double-wide manufactured home on County Road 530 near Tecumseh was damaged in a fire March 10.
The call was first reported just before 7 p.m., according to the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department call log.
Tecumseh Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched as the primary responder, with...
The eighth delightful Princess Cruise that Thornfield residents Dean and Joanne Knapp had enjoyed – this one in the eastern Caribbean – was coming to an end Sunday, March 8, when it seemed for awhile that their ship and its 3,500 passengers and 1,800 crew members were going to become the next...
A new Facebook page, “Fill a Need in Ozark County,” has been created to help local people in need of assistance.
Gainesville resident Brandi Dunnermann started the page in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she says the page “doesn’t have to just be for COVID-19. It could for anything, anytime...