Norfork News

NORFORK - Baxter County Sheriff's Sgt. Robert Buschbacher is investigating a weekend break-in at the Norfork High School and the theft of electronic equipment.

We are in the midst of yet another wet fall. It seems like it has been raining forever.

NORFORK - The Norfork School Board went to school following its regular meeting Thursday, sitting more than two hours for an in-service seminar on school board member ethics conducted remotely from the Northcentral Arkansas Education Service Cooperative at Melbourne.

Things are very busy at the Christmas Wish Distribution Center as volunteers work feverishly to fulfill the wishes of 400 applicants.

Come Thanksgiving, buying a copy of The Baxter Bulletin from a news rack could be a cultural experience.

It looks like a busy evening Thursday with city council and school board meetings on tap in Mountain Home, Norfork and Cotter.

Voluminous floodwaters in Norfork Lake on oxygen-poor waters underneath are bringing regulatory agencies together in unprecedented ways to correct a dissolved-oxygen problem that threatens tailwater fisheries and retards fish growth.

The hearts at our house were saddened recently when we read of the passing of Charlie Stewart.

District court for Baxter County was held Oct. 26, 27 and 29, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

LITTLE ROCK --- To commemorate Veterans Day the Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers will join Corps districts nationwide and waive day use fees at its recreation areas Nov.

The Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers will start enforcing the Commercial Zone Policy at district marinas.

Award-winning works from the Young Artists Competition and Exhibition will be on display at the Baxter County Library through Nov.

The following county roads have been closed due to the high water level from the rain: CR 806 CR 48 the West End by creek side CR 227 'Please do not attempt to drive through the barricades as the water level is much higher than it looks,' said Bob Nault, superintendent of the Baxter County Road and Bridge Department.

Three county roads have been closed due to high water levels from the rain. The roads are CR 806 in the Gamaliel area, CR 48 (west end by the creek side in the Henderson area and CR 227 in the Moccasin Creek, Norfork area.

The Flippin Bobcats held the Alpena Leopards to 19 points over the first three quarters and romped to a 55-33 victory Friday night at Bobcat Country in Flippin.

The Viola Longhorns improved to 2-0 on the season Friday with a 52-42 victory over the Cotter Warriors at the Twin Rivers Classic in Norfork.

The overall absentee rate at Mountain Home schools rose to 15.5 percent Tuesday, up dramatically since Thursday when it was normal at 5 percent.

Travis L. Cagle, 30, of Calico Rock has been brought from Independence County to Baxter County Detention Center on outstanding warrants of arrest for breaking or entering and felony theft of property.

NORFORK - Superintendent Mike Seay told the Norfork School Board on Monday night that the district's two construction projects are "all but complete." "We're waiting for a little bit of furniture," he said - a big oak circulation desk and computer desks for the media center.

Take a look back in history through back issues ofThe Baxter Bulletin: 100 years ago Oct.