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The Josiah Howell Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution on July 8th 2026 held two readings of the Declaration of Independence. This is the date in 1776 that the Declaration was revealed to the public. JHSAR did the first reading at 5pm at the Howell County Courthouse to coincide with the...
Stephanie Jester, VP/Branch Manager with West Plains Bank and Trust Company Liberty Branch in Mountain View, Mo., graduated from the Missouri Bankers Association’s Banking Leadership Missouri program during the organization’s 136th Annual Convention held June 10-12 at the Hilton Branson...
Jasper Engines and Transmissions has been awarded on TIME’s list of America’s Best Private Companies 2026. JASPER was ranked second in the category of Automotive Industry and Suppliers.
This prestigious award is presented in collaboration with Statista, the world-leading statistics portal...
The Mountain View Board of Aldermen meeting on July 14 started off with guest speaker Jonathan Smith with MoDOT (Missouri Department of Transportation), addressing the stop lights on Highway 60. A protected left turn from Highway 60 onto Elm St. will be incorporated and is planned to be in place...
The city of Mountain View held a public hearing on July 14 where residents evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the community for the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The CDBG program is a federal program that provides funding to support public...
The Mtn. View Public Library has done a "1000 Books Before Kindergarten" challenge for two years. This year, the library had six children who completed the challenge. The last four just finished their challenge this summer. Those children are Mason Baldwin, Jude, Avery, and Kayson Frescoln. The...
In a district rocked by financial crisis, the Willow Springs R-IV school board heard an encouraging update at their July 13 meeting. After a year of budget cuts and drastic staff reductions, the district is on target to put more than $632,000 in reserves. The annual audit of the district takes...
Voters in the city of West Plains will decide on August 4 whether to accept a proposed sales tax increase of one percent. According to West Plains City Administrator Sam Anselm, the increase is necessary for the city to meet the needs residents identified in the city’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted...