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Baxter County justices of the peace Tuesday night signed off on purchasing a new rock crusher for the county’s quarry. Quorum Court members voted 10-0, with one absent, to approve a resolution supporting the purchase of the crusher, which will cost $715,000. That resolution also gave County Judge Mickey Pendergrass permission to borrow $343,000 from Arvest Bank to help cover the cost of the machinery. The new crusher will replace an aging 2004 model that is prone to mechanical breakdowns, Pendergrass said. Despite the machinery’s advanced years, it is still expected to sell for at least $...

Baxter County is expected to receive $4.05 million in federal funds in the coming days, County Judge Mickey Pendergrass told the Quorum Court at Tuesday night’s May meeting. Justices of the Peace voted 10-1 to create a special fund to house the money, which is being given to the county as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. That act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11 to speed up the nation’s recovery from the COVID-10 pandemic. Baxter County will eventually receive a total of $8.1 million from the American Rescue Plan, with the ...

More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more Travel is on the upswing after the depths of the coronavirus pandemic. And despite the possibility of yet another act, U.S. airlines are preparing for what could be a banner summer for leisure travel. Bookings are up, domestic flights are returning and airlines are recalling and hiring staff in preparation to meet forecast demand. Nowhere is that less evident than at American Airlines’ maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, — the largest such facility at the world’s ...

American Airlines says all of its planes will be flying again by the end of the month.

Letters to the editor: Hemo sculpture an 'inappropriate way to spend public money' 8 Jan, 2021 08:00 PM 2 minutes to read Rotorua Daily Post Roger Steele, of Kapiti, loves the Hemo sculpture. Does he own property and pay rates in Rotorua? Or as a taxpayer did he chip in on the $200,000 Land Transport contribution? As a local who has been forced to pay twice (rates and taxes), of the half I can see above road level, I say it's an underwhelming, inappropriate way to spend public money. Lesley Haddon Lights could be turned off to save money Have you seen the light? If someone...