CONWAY — Who says you can never go home again? By the end of this month, Valley Vision will be back on Channel 3, ending a 22-month run in the hinterland of cable television on Channel 1301.
Town Manager Tom Holmes and Valley Vision Station Manager Bill Edmunds received the news from Charter Communications, owners of Spectrum Cable, earlier this week.
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