Van Buren County Democrat

12/07/2022

05/07/2022

2022 County Farm Families of the Year Named Published May 3, 2022 The 75th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program has named the 2022 County Farm Families of the Year. The families will be visited by a set of judges to determine eight District Farm Families of the Year, which will be announc...

04/25/2022

Free vax this Wednesday

Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) and the Arkansas Department of Health are partnering to provide the Pfizer vaccine at Choctaw Food Bank. Those who are 12 years and older are eligible. Ages 12-17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

WHAT: Free, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines
WHEN: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 27
WHERE: 201 AR330 Hwy E. Choctaw

04/23/2022

Reminder: Clinton Fire and Police are competing in a benefit basketball game in the Yellowjacket Arena Sunday at 2 p.m.

Admission via donation, proceeds to benefit The CALL of Van Buren County.

Chiefs Murdock and Webb will be competing in this for-a-good-cause benefit.

Please share.

03/21/2022

While the worst of this storm system will be to the south, the thunderstorms blowing in could have up to 2" of rain for the county. Chance of hail as well, but again that's more likely to the south. Tornado chances come with weather like this, but it's very low for the county.

As always, be watchful and be prepared.

03/21/2022

National news outlets are reporting "evolving intelligence" showing a heightened potential for a Russian cyber-attack in the near future.

Updating one's personal and business security, including moving to two-factor authentication where possible, would be in order.

03/06/2022

Big storms heading into the county as this is being typed. Get your heads down, be safe.

03/04/2022

-BURN BAN-
County Judge Dale James has issued a burn ban for Van Buren County, effective March 3:

"There will be a BURN BAN on for all of Van Buren County until further notice
There is to be NO BURNING during this time.
Violators will be subject to penalties of up to the amount of $500"

sharing encouraged

02/16/2022

02/10/2022

Clinton City Council is meeting this evening, 6 p.m. at the airport. This week's community calendar lists is as a Tuesday meeting, and it was planned for such at deadline. This is, as it were, a new day.

Note: 6 p.m., not 6:30 p.m.

02/03/2022

"The oversight is strange, for in America the ice-storm is an event. And it is not an event which one is careless about. When it comes, the news flies from room to room in the house, there are bangings on the doors, and shoutings, 'The ice-storm! the ice-storm!' and even the laziest sleepers throw off the covers and join the rush for the windows. The ice-storm occurs in midwinter, and usually its enchantments are wrought in the silence and the darkness of the night. A fine drizzling rain falls hour after hour upon the naked twigs and branches of the trees, and as it falls it freezes. In time the trunk and every branch and twig are incased in hard pure ice; so that the tree looks like a skeleton tree made all of glass--glass that is crystal-clear. All along the underside of every branch and twig is a comb of little icicles--the frozen drip. Sometimes these pendants do not quite amount to icicles, but are round beads--frozen tears." -- Mark Twain, "Following the Equator," Ch. 59

01/31/2022

From the top of this morning's National Weather Service, Little Rock office, forecast:
..Confidence is Increasing in the Likelihood of a Significant Winter Storm Affecting Arkansas By Mid-Week.....This Includes the Possibility of Significant Snow and Ice Accumulations in Portions of the State.....Prepare Now for Potential Impacts...

We're thinking that last sentence is the important one.

Be careful.

01/21/2022

Van Buren County has well passed its one time highest number of COVID-19 cases, which was 109 in number effective Dec. 9, 2020. As of Jan. 21, Van Buren County now has 390 active COVID-19 cases.

Jan. 3 the county had 83 active cases.

All numbers from the Arkansas Department of Health website.

https://www.thecabin.net/vanburen/county-covid-numbers-continue-rapid-climb/article_19345526-ee94-573a-8b2f-5230c21b8efe.html

Active cases of COVID-19 in Van Buren County continue to climb rapidly, per Arkansas Department of Health tracking. As of Jan. 17, the county has 367 active cases, this is

01/06/2022

01/05/2022

This week's edition, prepared Monday, reports 82 active COVID-19 cases in the county per Arkansas Department of Health.

This number is now, effective Tuesday night, 100 active cases. Obviously this is a significant increase.

The death rate has seen a slight increase and the vaccination rate for the county is unchanged.

12/10/2021

ALERT - The National Weather Service, Little Rock, continues to warn about the weather front due to pass through the county this evening, Friday, Dec. 10.

High winds and hail, with a "medium risk" chance for tornadoes.

Charge up the ol' cell phone, keep a flashlight handy and a weather radio if you have one. Think about your neighbors.

This is the kind of weather system which will change as it gets closer to zero hour, so stay informed.

11/02/2021

ENDED - Clinton Police have confirmed she has been found.

Clinton Police, working with state agencies, have issued a Silver Alert.

Please share. We will update this post as new information becomes available.