Newton County News

If you take some of your photos in the great outdoors, as many of us like to do, it's worth noting the experience of photographer Ed Cooley last week.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 News Briefs Story date: Oct. 21, 2009 The 48th annual fall leaf tour, co-sponsored by the Big Piney Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service, is scheduled for Friday.

A photographer who fell 30 feet from the top of a waterfall was rescued because he had a device that transmitted his location to emergency responders.

JASPER - Two teenage boys who disappeared while hunting near the Buffalo River have been found safe.

News briefs Story date: Oct. 11, 2009 12th annual home tour The 12th annual Newton County Single Parent Scholarship Fund fall home tour is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday in Jasper.

The FBI is investigating more than $200,000 in questionable expenditures of federal disaster funds and county road funds by Newton County officials, state auditors told legislators today.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 News Briefs Story date: Oct. 6, 2009 RHS trumpet alums invited to participate in homecoming Russellville High Schoola s homecoming is scheduled for Oct.

They say variety is the spice of life, but are there times when tradition tempts the palette even more? The Arkansas of the early 1900's may be a world away.

Over 25 artists in Newton County, Arkansas, will open their studios on September 18-20, 2009, to area visitors for the third annual Ozark Mountain Artists' Studio Tour.

Jon Howard Pease, of Eureka Springs and Newton County, Arkansas, departed this life on Monday, August 24, 2009, surrounded by his wife and children.

The Buffalo National River needs more horse trails and a second camping area for equestrians.

The Buffalo National River needs more horse trails and a second camping area for equestrians.

HARRISON - The Northwest Arkansas Solid Waste Management District is in a race against the clock to have a plan in place by Aug.

Mountain Home Mayor David Osmon said Wednesday that he will continue to oppose efforts by some of his peers on the Northwest Arkansas Solid Waste Management District Board to turn over management of NABORS Sanitation Services Inc.

The iron bars that once kept inmates inside the Newton County, Arkansas Jail now keep them out.

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Discrepancies in financial records at the Newton County sheriff's office have resulted in the dismissal of an administrative assistant who now faces theft charges, Sheriff Keith Slape said.

LITTLE ROCK - If you want to hunt elk in Arkansas, now is the time to sign up for the opportunity.

Three people were injured Monday in a three-vehicle crash involving a school bus in Newton County.

Two years ago, Sue Brown, a longtime Newton County poll worker, spotted two dusty ballot boxes at a Kingston flea market.