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The annual oyster supper will take place tonight in Prairie County. The governor has it on his schedule. Here’s the only picture I can find (from 2006). McDaniel, Reep, Maloch, Beebe, Berry

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Governor Beebe will make an aerial tour of ice-damaged counties in northern Arkansas tomorrow, stopping along the way to speak with local leaders about recovery efforts. Tentative stops are Fayetteville (Drake Field) at 8:45 a.m., Harrison (9:45 a.m.), Mountain Home (10:30 a.m.), and Piggott: 11:45 a.m. Update (6:50 a.m. Friday): Spokesman Matt DeCample says [...]

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Note that nine Senate Republicans, for a total of 66, voted to provide more health insurance for children. Bush vetoed this legislation twice. This illustrates that the magic 60 to avoid a filibuster need not necessarily come strictly from Democratic ranks. Repubs have to stand for election, too. For healthy kids or against them? Easy [...]

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FAYETTEVILLE Cleaning up after a massive winter storm, Fayetteville will use assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city’s own staff and, of course, the work of homeowners and residents, Mayor Lioneld Jordan said Thursday afternoon.

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ROGERS — A canopy at an E-Z Mart store collapsed Thursday, crushing a vehicle and injuring a man.

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Patience is key for homeowners filing claims with insurance companies, according to local agents with Farmers Insurance Group and Nationwide Insurance. Agents in Fayetteville have been fielding calls from customers since the ice storm began Monday. The number of calls have increased steadily since then.

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BENTONVILLE — Longtime residents remember an ice storm in 1978 that might have compared with this year’s, but that storm was more “inconvenient” than damaging, said Katherine Russell of Fayetteville.

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BENTONVILLE — Residents were ready to get out of the house and into the Bentonville Public Library on Thursday.

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ROGERS — Drinking water remains safe and service is operating smoothly, according to a Beaver Water District news release.

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