U.S. Sen. John Boozman stopped in Mountain Home on Tuesday to visit AmericaN95, a company founded by local residents to manufacture N95-grade masks.
As the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States and businesses across the country struggled to keep their doors open, many companies folded. But, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, a company was born with the goal of helping to curb the pandemic.
Local veterinarian Dr. Rob Conner got together with Dr. Kyle McAlister, a radiologist, and civil engineer Ned Anderson to brainstorm ideas about how they could help provide the personal protective equipment, or PPE, that was in such short supply.
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