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Letters to the Editor
Letters Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:15pmDear Editor:
Previously, Councilman Jason Lynch stated that the city’s purchase of 10 iPad’s for a total cost of $7629.89 “will pay for itself with the savings in paper alone.”
In my...
Other Voices Worse than a Kreelon invasion
Columns Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:03pmIn the 1997 sci-fi comedy “Men in Black,” Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) tells his partner, Agent J (Will Smith), an important thing about humanity: “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky,...
House Call
Columns Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:11pmQ: Is there a difference between being sensitive to gluten and having celiac disease?
A: Gluten is a substance found in cereal grains, especially wheat. It gives dough its elastic texture....
Editorial: Prescription drug abuse requires coordinated response
Editorials Comments Apr 24, 2013 6:01amEditor’s Note: This article is part of a series produced by the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith. The entire series will be published online at www.vanburencountydem.com.
Last week, we...
Letters to the Editor
Letters Comments Apr 10, 2013 6:02amDear Editor:
I was perplexed to learn that our City Council had purchased 10 iPads for a total cost of $7,629.89. That one purchase accounts for over two-thirds of the city’s $12,500 annual...
Other Voices Pipeline furthers energy pipedream
Columns Comments Apr 10, 2013 6:02amWe’ve been down this road a hundred times. Even so, distorted facts gushing from lobbyists ensure we’ll be here again.
As has been widely reported, residents of the tiny town of Mayflower...
Other Voices County judge reports road progress
Columns Comments Apr 10, 2013 6:02amThe County Road Department is off to a fast start in 2013. Following is this years goals followed by the last 12 weeks YTD totals:
Tons of gravel — 160,000 tons, 46,722 tons
4”+ gravel...
Other Voices Don’t pass a law unless it’s needed
Columns Comments Apr 03, 2013 6:01amState legislators generally do a good job of considering the issues, and I’m not one who bashes them. But we’ve reached the point in the session when I am looking forward to them going home....
Letters to Editor
Letters Comments Apr 02, 2013 7:28pmDear Editor:
Miller Sanitation has had to discontinue its recycling pickups because of “lack of participation” by households who use their services (was told about a dozen of the thousands...
Letters to the Editor
Letters Comments Mar 27, 2013 6:01amDear Editor:
The continuing water problems the city of Clinton is having affect not only the residents of Clinton but the whole county.
As an example, Clinton Water was cited by the...