1. Businesses/Restaurants are asked to extend hours. Businesses encouraged to stay open at least 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and restaurants stay open later into the evening. 2. Prepare for rain. People are coming rain or shine. Prepare to open the first day even if it rains. 3. Businesses place items on sidewa...

Cleanup begins as water project is completed For two nights last week, the Town of Jena’s water was completely shut off as contractors completed the final phase of the town’s massive water project. After months of digging up the town’s old, asbestos water lines and replacing them with new, often tim...

TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds SensiblySM), the nonprofit weight-loss support organization, is unveiling its “royalty” for 2024. TOPS royalty are women and men who have officially recorded the largest weight loss from their highest weight at TOPS by the end of 2024 and reached their goal weight, r...

Motorists who travel regularly on US 84 through Tullos were delighted to see the new temporary bridge opened last month as the area continues to wait ...

If everything would have gone according to plans, construction on a new swimming pool in Olla would have begun this summer. Unfortunately, it will lik...

For three days last week, several students participated in the 2025 Special Summer Camp in Olla. The camp’s theme was “Gardening” and culminated with ...