Viola News

“Citizens should have the opportunity to buy it or at least go through the process to be reinformed”

Arkansas counties that do not belong to the national flood insurance program may reconsider after floods swept through a large portion of the state. via Baxter Bulletin

The need for the increase came after mounting pressure from the state to meet upgrade standards along with a decrease in revenue, found the district in a catch 22. via The News

The office of Fulton County Judge has two candidates in the race, Charles Willett who is the current position holder and Teresa Justice of Viola. via The News

Voters rejected a property tax increase that would have provided more money to the Harrison School District. via KYTV Springfield

“We are seeing overcrowding now”

Eleven special elections, the majority of them involving public schools, are scheduled for Tuesday. via Herald-Leader

Viola Environmental and Spatial Technology Lab achieved superior rating at the recent EAST National Partnership Conference in Hot Springs. via Baxter Bulletin

“Some people may not have anything now”

The discovery in Viola of a photograph of a girl killed during the Feb. 5 tornado in Atkins is the catalyst for a group of north Arkansas newspapers' attempt to reunite storm victims with their possessions. via Arkansas Online

Salem added two new officers recently to help take a bite out of crime. Sisters, Officer Gabby and Officer Gwen will soon start intensive police training but according to Fulton County and Salem City Officers ... via The News

“Meeting of these requirements has forced us to add more teachers.”

VIOLA - A tax proposal to fund construction of four new classroom buildings at an estimated cost of $10 million on the campus of the Viola Public Schools will be the subject of a special school election March ... via Baxter Bulletin

Mountain Home, AR When Brenda Guffey saw a photo of two children in her backyard near Viola after the February Fifth tornado, she knew it was a treasure that needed to be returned. via KATV Little Rock

The wreckage of 19-year-old Heather Howells 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier rests in a ditch along Highway 62 in Gepp Nov. via The News

Two people were injured Monday in a crash near Gepp. About 4 p.m., a vehicle driven by Laikynne Wilson, 20, of Viola was driving westbound on U.S. Highway 62 near Gepp when she passed another vehicle driven by ... via Baxter Bulletin

A Gamaliel man was killed Sunday in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 62 west of Salem. via Baxter Bulletin

For the second time this year, Steve Perrymans taxidermy shop located along Highway 223 near Perrymans residence in Viola was broken into. via The News

“There were no imminent problems and power was restored”

North Arkansas Electric Cooperative customers in western Baxter County were without power for approximately an hour Friday afternoon. via Baxter Bulletin

That changed Aug. 9 when Quynh Phueng Polly Nguyen, 17, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was greeted by her surrogate parents for the next 10 months, Bob and Helen Rogers. via The News

Viola High School Environmental and Spatial Technology students completed a Global Positioning Systems /mapping project this summer made possible by a $9,900 grant from EAST Initiative in Little Rock. via Baxter Bulletin

Garry Williams and Patsy Carroll examine the dozens of horse-drawn plows used during the early 1900s that were collected by their father-in-law and father, respectively, Dick Felts. via The News