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Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation unveils $1.3 million grant campaign
The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation unveiled its “SMILES: POSSIBLE” campaign, a $1.3 million grant initiative aimed at improving Arkansans’ oral health. The new program is part of the foundation’s five-year strategic plan to transform communities and lives through oral health education, prevention and treatment. Eligible Arkansas-based organizations are encouraged to apply for funding now […]
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Water authority board meeting Thursday night at Valley Springs
The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority board is set to meet Thursday night in Valley Springs and chairman Andy Anderson hopes more members show up and contribute toward the appeal of the authority’s fluoridation lawsuit. Act 197 of 2011 required all water systems serving 5,000 people or more to add fluoride to drinking water. […]
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Fluoridation foe taking battle to Arkansas Supreme Court
The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority, the sole holdout in the state still refusing to fluoridate its drinking water, plans to appeal a March 7 Circuit Court ruling that OMRPWA cannot refuse to fluoridate based on being a wholesale water supplier with 18 towns, none of which has 5,000 customers. The Arkansas Department of […]
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Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority fighting state fluoride law
VALLEY SPRINGS, Ark. — The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority believes adding fluoride to the system would be harmful to the environment, and believes it’s also harmful to people. But in a state law it says fluoride prevents tooth decay and improves oral health. An Arkansas law passed in 2011 says water systems in […]
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Water authority votes to appeal fluoride ruling
VALLEY SPRINGS — The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority board met Thursday night at Valley Springs City Hall and voted to appeal a recent court decision that it must fluoridate water. But that move was designed to buy some time so water customers might be able to protest the law requiring fluoridation while the […]
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Judge rules against water authority; board meeting set for Thursday night
A judge has ruled against the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority’s argument against fluoridation, but it’s now up to the authority’s board to decide if an appeal is forthcoming. The authority had appealed the Arkansas Department of Health’s mandate that the authority had to follow the provisions of Arkansas Act 197 of 2011, which […]
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Judge rules against water authority
A judge has ruled against the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority’s argument against fluoridation, but it’s now up to the authority’s board to decide if an appeal is forthcoming. The authority had appealed the Arkansas Department of Health’s mandate that the authority had to follow the provisions of Arkansas Act 197 of 2011, which […]
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Water Authority Will Appeal Fluoride Water Ruling
BOONE COUNTY, Ar. — An Arkansas water authority is ready to fight a circuit court ruling that says they must add fluoride to their drinking water. The Ozark Mountain Public Regional Water Authority, near Lead Hill, filed the appeal against the Arkansas Department of Health, but a judge ruled against the appeal on Tuesday. Under […]
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Water authority gets day in court; to fluoridate or not is question
The Ozark Mountain Public Water Authority is still waiting to see if it has to fluoridate water after a hearing last week before 14th Judicial Circuit Judge Andrew Bailey. Arkansas Act 197 of 2011 requires all water systems with more than 5,000 customers to fluoridate water. In 2015, the water authority appealed the state Health […]
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Board chairman: Fluoridating water could be ‘a liability’
VALLEY SPRINGS — At a recent meeting of the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority board, board chairman Andy Anderson encouraged as many customers and board members as possible to attend a hear this coming Thursday regarding the mandate to fluoridate the system’s drinking water. Arkansas Act 197 of 2011 requires all water systems with […]
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