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For many attending the 37th annual Pea Ridge Mule Jump Saturday, Oct. 10, it was their first time to attend a mule jump. Announcer Cody Stanley asked the crowd who was there for the first time and nearly a quarter of the audience raised their hands.
Bridget Clark, right, was crowned Homecoming Queen 2026 Friday, Oct. 9, by last year’s Homecoming Queen Savannah Young. See pages 4B for more. For more photographs, go to the PRT gallery at prt. nwaonline. com/photo/
In Avoca, incumbents Mayor Robert Whitehorn and city recorder/treasurer Nanette Barnes are seeking re-election and both face challengers. Jeannie Smith Rollins is seeking the mayor’s seat. Jeannie Varnell is seeking the seat of city...
Two seats on the Pea Ridge Planning Commission expire this year and the city is continuing the process begun recently of seeking applications from persons interested in serving. At the Tuesday, Oct. 6, Planning Commission meeting, city...
Nanette Barnes, Avoca city recorder/treasurer for the past 10 years, is seeking re-election. She is also the city’s office administrator. Barnes said she was initially appointed when the previous recorder/ treasurer quit, then has run...
Jeannie Varnell is running for city recorder/treasurer in Avoca. An analyst working for Arvest, she said she has lived in Avoca for 23 years, raised her children there and plans to retire there. “Now that I don’t have as much on my plate as a...