Nine Mile Ridge community âecstaticâ to see new bridge coming
Nine Mile Ridge community âecstaticâ to see new bridge coming By Logan Whaley | March 31, 2021 at 7:02 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 7:02 PM
FULTON COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Work has begun on a new bridge connecting Sharp County to Fulton County, a bridge that many in the community believe is a lifesaver.
Crews have been out clearing some trees and preparing the area near the Humphreyâs Ford Bridge for its replacement. For James Tubbs and William Smith, volunteer firemen at the 9 Mile Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, itâs something theyâve been waiting on for years.
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Arkansas’ newest medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Friday in Northern Arkansas in eastern Fulton County.
KAIT reports Spring River Dispensary’s manager Sonja Kaselaan says the response from the community has been overwhelming.
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The dispensary held a preregistration event for two days, where nearly 300 people signed up to get in the building quicker on opening day. The preregistration included patients providing copies of medical cards and other necessary personal information.
Areawide Media reported earlier Spring River Dispensary is located on U.S. Highway 63, just a few hundred feet from the Hardy city limits, which is primarily a Sharp County city. However, the property where the dispensary was built is in Fulton County.
Two-day-old Barako saved in ‘miracle’ flight
Even though the number of flights MAF made in 2020 was reduced because of coronavirus, its planes were still able to bring hope, help and healing to 26 of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations.
Gary Clayton, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Baby Barako survives surgery at Kijabe Hospital, Kenya, thanks to a MAF flight. (Photo: Eddie Andersen)
In Kenya, where overland travel can be dangerous by day and treacherous at night, Pilot Daniel Loewen-Rudgers flew a baby boy from Dukana, on the Ethiopian border, to Kijabe Hospital, when the condition of the newborn became critical. According to Daniel: ‘It was a miracle we could fly to a good hospital like Kijabe during the pandemic.’
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