Fairfield Bay Celebrating 501 Area Code Day with Specials

Celebrating that we live in the 501 area code on Saturday, May 1st!  All Day event!  The following businesses are helping to celebrate and here’s what they are offering: Fairfield Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Dine-in or Drive-by lunch at the Chamber/Visitor Center, 365 Dave Creek … [Read more...]

Banker Gene Crawford Joins First Community Bank in Batesville

First Community Bank in Batesville today announced the hiring of Gene Crawford as senior vice president, director of non-interest services. With nearly forty years of lending experience, he will be responsible for overseeing the management of First Community Bank’s mortgage and trust departments, as … [Read more...]

Cupcake War competition to Benefit Local Schools

The Fairfield Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Cupcake War competition in conjunction with our Cupcakes and Characters Event for the same day. Each participant must provide 26 cupcakes to be judged. 24 of these cupcakes will be served to the guests and two will be shared with our … [Read more...]

Mayville Engineering Company in Heber Springs donated to our 501 Day food drive

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. donated to the 501 Day food drive for the Heber Springs Chamber! MEC's team members collected 12,207 food items that will be distributed to local pantries to help those in need! The Heber Springs Chamber will also be collecting nonperishable food items at our booth … [Read more...]

2021 Cave City Watermelon Festival Set for July 29-31th

Cave City Watermelon Festival is gearing up for another great Festival. The 41st Cave City Watermelon Festival is set for July 29-31th. County Music Legion Tracy Byrd, will be headlining this years festival on Saturday Night.  If you are interested in being part of one of the most … [Read more...]

70th Annual Pioneer Days is this Saturday May 1st

The 70th Annual Pioneer Days will be held this Saturday, May 1, in Melbourne. The Pioneer Days 5K Run/Walk Race will begin on Saturday at 7 am followed by the kiddie parade at 10:15 am and then then the main Parade at 11 am, games from 1 till 3 and terrapin races at 2pm (terrapin races to be held at … [Read more...]

Senators Boozman and Cotton, Introduce Legislation to Permanently Expand Access to Telehealth

Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technology (CONNECT) for Health Act, legislation to improve and expand access to telehealth services. “Eliminating certain restrictions for telehealth … [Read more...]

Rethinking how we do education so that it focuses on students

At his public school, Mason, who has autism, was always at the bottom of his class, falling further behind every semester. He was being bullied daily and had zero friends. In short, he was sad. Now, in the specialized environment at Access Group, he is getting A’s in math, always talks about his … [Read more...]

Senators Tom Cotton, Mitch McConnell, Colleagues Condemn Amazon for Removing Justice Clarence Thomas Documentary

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), today led a group of 19 senators in a letter to Jeffrey Bezos questioning why Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, a documentary about the life of U.S. Supreme … [Read more...]

Senator Tom Cotton’s Statement on President Biden’s Joint Session Address

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress: “Tonight, President Biden promised the nation higher taxes, crushing debt, and open borders. His radical agenda is dead on arrival.” … [Read more...]