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Ball rolling on hospital change
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
The county is in negotiations with a Nashville-based company to take over operations of county hospitals.
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Main Street may go to 2-hour parking
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
Main Street Blytheville has requested the city of Blytheville implement two-hour parking on Main Street between the arches from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays. Main Street executive director Anita Parrett told the Blytheville Streets and Drainage and Police and Fire committees Tuesday night she has been researching the parking problem on Main Street since last May...
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City eyeing cleanup firms
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
The Blytheville City Council waded through 17 proposals from professional debris removal companies Tuesday during a special meeting at the mayor's office. Blytheville Mayor Barrett Harrison said the city plans to narrow the list to "four or five" and pick a company by next week...
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Armorel sets plan for makeup days
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
ARMOREL -- The Armorel school board agreed amend the 2009 school calender to accommodate days missed because of the recent ice storm during Tuesday's school board meeting. Currently, Armorel has seven "snow days'' that must be made up by the end of the year -- five from the most recent ice storm, and two from a storm in December...
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Sales tax easily OKd
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
Blytheville voters chose overwhelmingly Tuesday night to reinstate and make permanent a 1/4-cent tax to be used for the Blytheville police and fire departments. The measure passed 674-175 with 79.39 percent voting for it and 20.61 percent against it during the special election...
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Gosnell mayor gives city report
(Local News ~ 02/11/09)
GOSNELL -- Gosnell Mayor Dick Reams gave the his annual State of the City address during Tuesday's meeting of the Gosnell City Council at City Hall. Reams first had Police and Fire Commissioner Bobby Trump tell the council about the police and fire departments' progress over the past year. Trump reported that two officers were sent to the police academy, three new patrol cars were purchased along with one command vehicle. New lights and striping was done to all police vehicles...
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