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Woodlawn To Decide 2-Mill Tax Increase

Woodlawn To Decide 2-Mill Tax Increase

Woodlawn To Decide 2-Mill Tax Increase

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
RISON - Voters in the Woodlawn School District will be deciding the fate of a 2-mill tax increase request from the district when they head to the polls May 13 for the annual school election.
FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING - The Rison Fire Department is pictured conducting entry training to help keep firefighters safe when entering a structure fire. Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Grubb and Firefighter Keden Shrum detail some of the training and needs of the department on this week’s episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast. (Photo courtesy Rison Fire Department)

FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING - The Rison Fire Department is pictured conducting entry training to help keep firefighters safe when entering a structure fire. Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Grubb and Firefighter Keden Shrum detail some of the training and needs of the department on this week’s episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast. (Photo courtesy Rison Fire Department)

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Free Range Conversations, Episode 41: Rison Fire Department Raising Funds for New Life-Saving Equipment

News Staff
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
RISON - When you’re in need of help during an emergency - such as a fire or a car accident - the local firefighters are the ones most likely coming to your rescue. And now, the firefighters are the ones needing your help.
TEAMWORK - Rhonda and Ken Rudder, owners of Richland Creek Farm & Market in El Dorado, prepare their Mayhaw jelly jars at the Share Grounds processing kitchen located at the Cleveland County Farigrounds in Rison. The commercial grade kitchen can be rented by aspiring food entrepreneurs to get their product on the retail store shelf. (Division of Agriculture photo.)

TEAMWORK - Rhonda and Ken Rudder, owners of Richland Creek Farm & Market in El Dorado, prepare their Mayhaw jelly jars at the Share Grounds processing kitchen located at the Cleveland County Farigrounds in Rison. The commercial grade kitchen can be rented by aspiring food entrepreneurs to get their product on the retail store shelf. (Division of Agriculture photo.)

Free Range Conversations, Episode 40: Fairground's 'Share Grounds' Kitchen Creates Possibilities

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
RISON - For anyone who has ever been interested in selling their own food products in retail stores, or even locally at markets and events, a resource to make it happen is right here in Rison.
ROPE MAKING - Pioneer Village volunteer Shorty Drye demonstrates the skill of rope making at the 2024 Pioneer Crafts Festival. This year’s festival is set for Saturday, April 19. (Herald File Photo)

ROPE MAKING - Pioneer Village volunteer Shorty Drye demonstrates the skill of rope making at the 2024 Pioneer Crafts Festival. This year’s festival is set for Saturday, April 19. (Herald File Photo)

Free Range Conversations, Episode 39: Pioneer Village Plans Crafts Festival, Supper For April 18-19; Accepting Demonstrators

News Staff
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
RISON - With the 2025 Pioneer Crafts Festival just weeks away, one of the organizers and current Vice President of the Pioneer Village Malinda Berry, joined the latest episode of Free Range Conversations to share what attendees can expect.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK MARKET PARTNER TO VISIT RISON - Logan Duvall, partner at Me & McGee Market and host of the Sowing Prosperity podcast, will visit Rison to speak on regenerative agriculture at the Arkansas Homesteading Conference March 29. In advance of the conference, Duvall previewed the topic in this week’s episode of the Cleveland County Herald podcast Free Range Conversations streaming now. (Photo courtesy Logan Duvall)

NORTH LITTLE ROCK MARKET PARTNER TO VISIT RISON - Logan Duvall, partner at Me & McGee Market and host of the Sowing Prosperity podcast, will visit Rison to speak on regenerative agriculture at the Arkansas Homesteading Conference March 29. In advance of the conference, Duvall previewed the topic in this week’s episode of the Cleveland County Herald podcast Free Range Conversations streaming now. (Photo courtesy Logan Duvall)

Free Range Conversations, Episode 35: Duvall To Speak on Regenerative Agriculture, Natural Foods at Homesteading Conference

News Staff
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
RISON - The Arkansas Homesteading Conference is just around the corner on March 29 in Rison. One of the guest speakers at the conference, Logan Duvall, took part in the Free Range Conversations podcast this week to give a preview of the topics he will discuss at the conference.
CHAIR MASSAGE - Master Massage Therapist Kristy Strother, owner of Rison Serenity Wellness Spa, gives a chair massage at an event at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Strother discusses her massage techniques, and potential bills impacting the massage therapy industry in Arkansas, on this week's episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast. (Photo compliments of Kristy Strother)

CHAIR MASSAGE - Master Massage Therapist Kristy Strother, owner of Rison Serenity Wellness Spa, gives a chair massage at an event at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Strother discusses her massage techniques, and potential bills impacting the massage therapy industry in Arkansas, on this week's episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast. (Photo compliments of Kristy Strother)

Free Range Conversations, Episode 34: Local Massage Therapist Found Success With Rison Business, Addresses Legislators

News Staff
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
RISON - Opening a new business in Rison is sometimes risky, but for a local master massage therapist, it has proven to be a rewarding endeavor.Kristy Strother, MMT and owner of Rison Serenity Wellness Spa, is celebrating three years in business this February.
CALIFORNIAN VISITS PIONEER VILLAGE - Julie Federico of San Diego, Calif. poses with Bob Abbott on the steps of the Beard House in the Pioneer Village at Rison. (Photo by Marty Bowlin)

CALIFORNIAN VISITS PIONEER VILLAGE - Julie Federico of San Diego, Calif. poses with Bob Abbott on the steps of the Beard House in the Pioneer Village at Rison. (Photo by Marty Bowlin)

Free Range Conversations, Episode 33: Ancestry Search Leads California Woman To Visit House at Rison's Pioneer Village

News Staff
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
RISON - It's not every day in Cleveland County when someone from San Diego sets an intention to visit a landmark in Rison. But Monday's surprise visit from California native Julie Federico brought some welcomed insight and a new perspective of our town.