Beebe to request forestry funds, but jobs still going
Rick McFarland Matt DeCample (left), the governors spokesman, and Richard Weiss, Department of Finance and Administration head, laid out events concerning the fiscal condition of the Arkansas ...
View ArticleWith Jan. 1 came batch of new laws
DENVER - New Year's guests at a Denver Marriott were locked out of their rooms when the clock struck midnight and their room keys stopped ...
View ArticleExpert To Speak On Nature
Donald Wleklinski, mental health clinical coordinator at the University of Arkansas, will speak Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area about the impact being in nature can have on an ...
View ArticleCounty Delays Joining Coalition
Benton County receives money from the state for housing state inmates at the Benton County Jail. According to Richard McComas, county's comptroller, the county estimated receiving $1.6 million ...
View ArticleLaw Officers Honor Shrum
David Frank Dempsey Sixty-three law enforcement vehicles from agencies around Northwest Arkansas participate in a "blue light" procession Tuesday from Bella Vista's Town Center to ...
View ArticleWomack Plans Town Hall Session
Third District Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, will host a town hall-style meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Happy Hollow Elementary School in ...
View ArticleHeating Bill Assistance Available
The Winter Energy Assistance Program to help low-income residents pay winter heating bills will open Monday, according to officials at the Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington ...
View ArticleSlain Ark. dispatcher's friend describes odd text
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A friend of a police dispatcher whose body was found in an Arkansas forest last weekend told The Associated Press Thursday that she believes someone else sent a text ...
View ArticleJeske will start spring ranked No. 109
Manfred Jeske will open the 2012 spring season in the ITA rankings as No. 109 in the nation in singles. This is the first time in his young collegiate career that Jeske has been ranked in any ITA ...
View ArticleWomen's Basketball Live Gameday Blog and Chat
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View ArticleArkansas firm to pay $1.5 million in migrant worker pay pact
-; A proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against an Arkansas-based firm that uses foreign guest workers to pack tomatoes will pay about 1,500 employees a total of $1.5 million for failure ...
View ArticleSchool Bus Crashes Into SUV
A Salem school bus driver facing charges after the bus she was driving crashes into another car. It happened just after 3:30 today in Fulton county. The driver of the bus traveling north attempted ...
View ArticleAnimal Welfare Group Feeling Economic Pinch
An animal welfare group in the Texarkana-area is bracing for a tough season ahead because of the economy.The president of the ARTEX Animal Welfare Association says they're dealing with several ...
View ArticleTexarkana Food Bank Needs a "Lift"
A Texarkana food bank is asking for the public's help to keep their work moving smoothly. Staff with Harvest Texarkana have kicked off a fundraising drive to pay for a new forklift for their ...
View ArticleCancer Death Rates Down
Fewer people are dying of cancer.The American Cancer Society has released its annual cancer statistics report. It shows that between 2004 and 2008, cancer death rates dropped about 1.7 percent among ...
View ArticleGirls Think HPV Vaccine Protects Against All STDs
A new study shows some girls incorrectly think getting the HPV vaccine means they won't have to practice safe sex.The HPV vaccine does protect against some strains of the Human Papilloma Virus, ...
View ArticleCan Cameras Save Lives
Hundreds of small children are killed or injured each year in the U.S. when a car backs up over them, often at home. An advocacy group is calling for mandatory backup cameras for new cars, but some ...
View ArticleJimmy Buffett Coming to NLR in March
North Little Rock's Verizon Arena has announced that music legend Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will perform there in March.The performance is Thursday, March 1st.Tickets go on sale ...
View ArticleArkansas Getting Millions to Fix Storm-Damaged Roads
The State of Arkansas is getting millions of federal dollars to fix and rebuild federal highways and roads damaged by storms last year.U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman today joined ...
View ArticleMan Robs Shell Station on LR's Markham Street
Little Rock Police are looking for a man who robbed the Shell gas station on West Markham Street this morning.Officers answered a robbery alarm at the Shell Super Stop, 4100 W. Markham just before ...
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