Hamilton County to be named a “Purple Heart County”

Christian Peterson reporter.riverbendnews@gmail.com On Tuesday, June 18, the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners met for its regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting began with the approval of the consent agenda before moving into the grant reports. Spencer Nabors was unable to attend the meeting; however, County Coordinator Gary Godwin told the board that everything was going well with the grants. The board then moved to the next item on its agenda regarding the scale for swine shows at the Hamilton County Arena. Godwin explained that the current scale at the arena needed to be certified for shows, and due to that, the county would not be able to use it anymore for things outsi