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Beginning in November 2022, your Rural Fire Membership dues for 2023 will remain at $50.00 per rural residence. But, there will be some new changes to our Rural Fire Protection Program. Those changes will include but not limited to the following changes:
(1) There will be an enforced...
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The rains are welcome after a long dry spell. The road crews are able to maintain the gravel roads with some moisture in preparation for the upcoming winter. Work is continuing on repairing and replacing some deficient low water crossings. The preliminary work on replacing...
Questions, speculations and rumors have run rampant in the race for Howell County Collector. To aid voters in their choice, Howell County News hosted a debate for the two candidates, Mark Collins and Janet Crow.
Readers submitted questions before the debate began, and audience members submitted...
The Howell County Health Department announces a contract continuance to provide WIC services for federal fiscal year 2023 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services...
The Howell County Adult Drug Court is pleased to announce its 29th graduation ceremony for participants in the Adult Drug Court. The ceremony was held at the courthouse in West Plains on Oct. 18.
The graduate was recognized for her successful completion of the program’s stringent requirements,...
The Christian Outreach Center in Mountain View hosted a Grand Opening Saturday, October 15. Attendees at the event at 355 East Fifth St. enjoyed a ribbon cutting and refreshments.
The Center is sponsored by the Christian Women's Connection (CWC) group of the First Church of God in an effort to...
Anyone connected with Willow Springs can probably tell you where they were on the afternoon of July 30, 2019 when they heard the news of the crash that claimed the lives of Zach White and Jonah Smith. Last week, an arbitration panel issued an award in the families' civil suit against the Missouri...
Efrem Slavik, 21, of Winder, GA was clocked at 163 miles per hour as he traveled Westbound on U.S. Highway 60 Friday morning.
“It looked like he’d been shot out of a gun,” commented Willow Springs Police Officer Jim Hedlesten.
Officer Hedlesten was on duty, and observed the 2018 BMW M3 pass...
The Mountain View Police Department has located the owner of the trucking company whose vehicle caused the fire that burned the R-III School District's bus barn to the ground Thursday morning. As of press time, the individual driver has not been identified, but the company did confirm their truck...
Residents of South Central Ozark Council of Governments (region 17) will have an opportunity to weigh in on state plans to get every Missourian online when officials from the Missouri Office of Broadband Development visit West Plains, MO on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the...