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CoxHealth joins forces with Oscar Health to bring new ACA Marketplace coverage to eight Missouri counties
As part of this transition, Cox HealthPlans will no longer offer ACA Marketplace coverage directly in their current five-county region beginning in 2027.

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Crane community comes together to make Broiler Festival tradition accessible to all
This year, Discover Crane Inc. helped make sure that tradition reached even more people by organizing an effort to provide Broiler Festival chicken dinners to local senior housing residents who may not have been able to attend the festivities in person.

Sarah Powell
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House of Hope kicks off fundraiser ahead of winter
Donations may be made through the House of Hope website, houseofhopebranson.org, or in person at 217 Veterans Boulevard, Branson.

K.D. Michaels
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Donate blood August 19 or August 20 with Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
The drive offers a simple way for residents to make a lifesaving impact close to home.
Donors will receive a premium velour beach towel and can enter for a chance to win a $10,000 dream vacation to the destination of their choice.

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KAL wraps up summer fun, turns the page to fall children’s programs
With the new school year rapidly approaching, KAL continues to provide activities for area children through its Story Times and Lego Club, offering opportunities to read, learn and create throughout the fall.

Joelene Powell
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Seventy-five years of chickens and traditions
This year, the festival will combine some of the traditions that have made Broiler Fest special throughout its history with several newer events that have become favorites in their own right.

Sarah Powell
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Legendary entertainer deals with difficult diagnosis
In 2004, Tarver relocated to Branson to share his music with the many visitors who travel to the area.

K.D. Michaels
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Julietta Keller completes CCEM Chamber Management Academy
Keller said “It was wonderful to be in the room with chamber professionals at all stages of their chamber journeys. Learning how to better assist each other and to learn to serve our communities."

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Historic Branson home on the market
The Parnell family was a very significant part of Branson's rich history for several generations.

K.D. Michaels
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Sneezing: The good, bad and ugly!
Sneezing is a curious thing of which I never paid it much mind until my significant other asked me to research the why’s and how’s of it. So, I will do this one—for him. A sneeze is merely a mechanism of clearing the nose of foreign bodies such as pollen, dirt/dust or smoke and any manner of foreign objects. This can irritate the nostrils as well as the entire breathing apparatus so the sneezing tries to nip it in the bud and retard further irritation or damage. As well, we

Jody Johnson Godfrey
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‘Grease’ brings Broadway brilliance to Branson’s Historic Owen Theatre
This past Sunday night, as the Branson Regional Arts Council closed its eight-performance run of Grease at the Historic Owen Theatre, I felt as if I had been transported back to the 1950s and into the Grease I knew growing up.

Joelene Powell
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Memories from the Homestead: Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey, Poet Laureate of the Ozarks
While a teenager, she took on a weekly newspaper column in the Taney County Republican as the Kirbyville correspondent.

John Fullerton
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Been thinking about…August cake
Summer was also once the space of afternoons that soared on forever, a place of dreams and strange, childlike spaces dangerous only in that such spaces allowed us to get to know ourselves too well.

Joshua Heston
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Wert’s Werds: Is stolen credibility the business version of stolen valor?
A company comes along and makes a deal with the restaurant owners for the name of the place. They pretend they’re reopening the closed business, but they only hire back the maître d’, one waiter and Bill, the prep cook. So, basically, they started a new business using an old name, brought back a few token employees, and pretend it’s not something new.

Jason Wert
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Reflections: Write the vision
Continuing my study of the minor prophets, I find those guys exceptionally relatable in light of current events. A few days ago, though, a verse jumped out at me as not only meaningful in context of biblical prophecy, but in personal context as well. That verse was Habakkuk 2:2, “Write down this vision, and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it” (BSB). If you’re not familiar with Habakkuk, his prophetic writings were in the context of waiting. T

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Don’t sweat the ‘dog days’
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 1 Peter 4:12-13 As August slowly sets in, I hopefully anticipate the end of the dog days of summer. That sticky, nauseating heat that makes you want to stay in the air conditioning all the time and creates

Tiffany Gravett
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Plan now to enjoy Harvest Moon Festival
It’s almost fall, hot weather notwithstanding, and time to mark your calendar for one of the area’s fastest-growing fall festivals: Harvest Moon in Forsyth is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, at Shoals Bend Park in Forsyth and will offer a great selection of vendors, games, activities and food. A highlight this year will be “Harvest Moon Bingo,” a fun way to turn your festival visit into the opportunity to win prizes! The game will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. See the Fors

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Table Rock Lake Community Foundation: Accepting grant applications through August 31
A major role of the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation is to establish endowed funds for the purpose of funding this community grant-making program

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Stock Market Insights: Beyond AI - what corporate America is really saying about the economy
Joe Shearrer, CPFA® is Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Fervent Wealth Management. As second-quarter earnings season comes to a close, the financial media continues to focus almost exclusively on artificial intelligence and the handful of mega-cap technology companies driving the market higher. While those businesses remain impressive, they are no longer the most interesting story. What has caught my attention is the growing number of companies outside the technology se

Joe Shearer, CPFA
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Young entrepreneurs showcase skills at Elevate Branson event
Have a business idea of your own, but not sure how to get started or set yourself up for success?

Cynthia J. Thomas
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