Opinion No.

The Honorable Evelyn Ammons State Representative Post Office Box 1005 Waldron, Arkansas 72958

Dear Representative Ammons:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning whether TheCitizen, a weekly newspaper, can be considered a legal newspaper for purposes of publishing county ordinances, delinquent tax notices, etc., in Scott County. In my opinion, the answer to your question is "yes," provided it contains information "of general interest to the public as a whole." This is a determination which this office is not empowered to undertake. The newspaper, however, appears to meet…