Articles by Mark Keith

HOPE – The return of students to classes in the Hope Public Schools after the recent Christmas break brought a reminder from HPS Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Crossley that COVID-19 protocols established by the HPS Board […]

  HOPE – Nothing has changed regarding the vigilance which the Hope Public Schools has urged for students, parents, faculty and staff as the district responds to the rise of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, […]

Congratulations to Troop 5’s newest Eagle Scout Hunter Mathis!

As of Monday afternoon, here are the active COVID cases by county in southwest Arkansas… Hempstead  99 Nevada 66 Ouachita  246 Clark  290 Union  445 Columbia  169 Lafayette  19 Miller  190 Little River  62 Sevier  […]

Most of the time we try to limit our photos to people….but we must confess we were taken with these geese captured by Paul Oller.

In 2016, the 50th anniversary of Millwood Lake was celebrated with a program at what my late friend and retired Millwood Lake employee and Columbus area resident Dornell Trotter referred to as the “Dedication Site” […]

There will be a ServSafe Course on Jan. 18th & 19th, 2022 at UAHT Campus, TI Bldg. Rm 160, 2500 C. Main St. Hope AR 71801.  Class will be from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The […]

The Hope Lions Club welcomed Historic Washington State Park Historian Chris Adams for their first program of 2022.  Adams said the park is hoping to expand their activities this year into more of what would […]

The Hope Lions Club inducted a new member at their first meeting of 2022.  Richard Allen was inducted as the first new member of the new year.  Jack Gathright stood in for Allen’s sponsor, Lion […]

The Hope Evening Lions will have their next food distribution on January 8th @ 9AM.  This will be at their food pantry at 3301 East 3rd, what many know as the old police headquarters.  Distribution […]

Many readers remember the great ice storm of that kicked off the year 2000. Those who feared that Y2K would live up to the predictions of doom were probably not thinking that Mother Nature would […]