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Decoration Day is becoming a lost tradition

May 16, 2013 3:43am

In Van Buren County, we mostly still call it Decoration Day, but elsewhere the final Monday is May is generally marked as Memorial Day.

Whatever the name, the day, which falls this year on...

Letters to Editor

May 09, 2013 2:33am

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May 01, 2013 11:47pm

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Letters to the Editor

Apr 24, 2013 6:15pm

Dear 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

Apr 24, 2013 6:03pm

In 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

Apr 24, 2013 6:11pm

Q: 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

Apr 24, 2013 6:01am

Editor’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

Apr 10, 2013 6:02am

Dear 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

Apr 10, 2013 6:02am

We’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

Apr 10, 2013 6:02am

The 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

Apr 03, 2013 6:01am

State 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

Apr 02, 2013 7:28pm

Dear 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

Mar 27, 2013 6:01am

Dear 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...

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