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We are happy to report that Glen Campbell is still going strong. It has been seven months since the country music legend included Jackson on his farewell concert tour. The 76-year-old Grammy Award winner has enjoyed renewed popularity after going public last year with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Proceeds from his Thalia Mara Hall concert last [...]

TUPELO — Renee Flowers, office manager for Physicians Urgent Care clinics in Corinth and Baldwyn, is the recipient of the 2012 Health Link Regional Office Manager of the Year Award. The award was presented at the 16th annual Health Link Managed Care Conference. The conference was attended by Health Link employers and providers from north [...]

TUPELO — Caretta Gambrel, office manager for Dermatology Center of North Mississippi, P.A., is the recipient of the 2012 Health Link Tupelo Office Manager of the Year Award. The award was presented at the 16th annual Health Link Managed Care Conference. The conference was attended by Health Link employers and providers from north Mississippi and [...]

WEST POINT — Haas Outdoors/Mossy Oak was named Health Link Employer of the Year at the 16th annual Health Link Managed Care Conference. “Haas Outdoors/Mossy Oak has been very supportive of Health Link. They promote wellness among their employees and have continued to provide health benefits for their employees year after year,” said Wally Davis, [...]

TUPELO — Ascendant Consulting Inc. was named Health Link Small Employer of the Year at the 16th annual Health Link Managed Care Conference. “Ascendant Consulting has been a pleasure to work with,” said Wally Davis, Health Link vice president. “They have exhibited a commitment to providing health care to their employees.” Established in 1990, Ascendant [...]

Media Matters is a watchdog on the nation’s mainstream media. It frequently calls out the national press for its herd mentality and its tendency to serve as mere stenographers for whomever is providing information. Below, Media Matters reports on national economics writers who aren’t buying attempts to a create a conventional wisdom that Americans were [...]