Business
The Howell County Commission has established a grant program using CARES Act funds for small businesses in Howell County to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. The Howell County CARES Small Business Relief Program is designed to provide businesses impacted by the COVID-19 public health...
West Plains Bank and Trust Company will give away free Bears T-shirts in a drive-through event to be held in front of the Willow Springs High School Gym on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, beginning at 5 p.m. until they are gone. The drive-through event has been planned to prevent a large gathering at...
On Wednesday September 16, 10 Box Cost Plus officially opened its doors with a ribbon cutting. The event was attended by many community foundations and members, including Mayor Jack Pahlmann, members of the West Plains Chamber of Commerce, and representatives of Community First Bank.
What was...
Due to the rising costs of postage and production, a single copy of Howell County News will cost 75 cents as of October 1, 2020. Newsstand customers will see the increase reflected on the October 7, 2020.
Subscribers will receive renewal notices with the new subscription costs after October 1....
On Friday September 11, Maxine Stark held a ribbon cutting at her party supply store, M&S Party Connection in Mountain View. Stark offers a variety of services, from the gift shop with various rental and purchase options, to their larger event center in Birch Tree. With discount days Monday...
Lakeland Pharmacy closed their former location on East Main St. in Willow Springs on September 4 and reopened on Tuesday, September 8 at their newly constructed location on Bear Drive. The new building is located in the strip mall near the South Junction. Lakeland Pharmacy joins three other...
For eight years, West Plains Bank and Trust Company has offered community debit cards to customers featuring designs for school districts where the bank has branches, and for Ozarks Medical Center (OMC). The total for the program in 2020 is up $9,454 over last year, coming in at $51,714. Across...
H&M Ranch Store will open their doors at their first retail location on September 4 in downtown Willow Springs. A Western decor and accessory store, the newest edition to the retail row will occupy 125 East Main St., the former location of the news office.
The business has been in operation...
The Ozarks Medical Clinic associated with Willow Springs Schools is presently closed, wrote media specialist Kim Wood in an email.
“We are working with Willow Springs Schools to see how we can best support them moving forward,” read the same email dated August 5.
Wood did not respond to a...
Technology is expected to play a large role this school year. With this in mind, West Plains Bank and Trust Company Willow Springs Branch has donated more than 800 pair of earbuds for use by students throughout the Willow Springs R-IV School district. Willow Springs Branch Deposit Manager Kim...