National Child Protection Training Center Joining Gundersen Health System
Gundersen Health System and the National Child Protection Training Center announced they are joining forces to help put an end to child abuse, neglect and other forms of child maltreatment.
View ArticleA&P Commission Turns 35
The Advertising and Promotion Commission has been using hospitality tax dollars to draw visitors to town for more than three decades.
View ArticleMan Reportedly Fires Gun At Hunters
A Winslow man faces felony charges after he reportedly fired a gun toward a group of hunters.
View ArticleE-book Circulation Increasing In Area Libraries
Area librarians say e-books and other electronic media are flying off virtual shelves. The increase in usage means librarians must decide how to spend their book dollars: on traditional books or e-books.
View ArticleRogers Officers Give Santa Helping Hand
Christmas came early for about 45 children and their families Saturday when the Rogers Fraternal Order of Police teamed with Pinnacle Hills Promenade to host the annual “Shop with a Cop” program.
View ArticleHabitat Builds 48th Home
Six months ago, Casey Burd and her two kids were lying in a vacant lot of fresh sod, staring at the stars.
View ArticleNew Variance Notifications Required
Property owners in the city making changes to their property will have to notify their neighbors in more instances.
View ArticleRwanda recovery focus of talk in LR
Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond will speak about Rwanda at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on Tuesday in Little Rock.
View Article100-foot bluff fall injures UAFS teen
A Fort Smith man was believed to be in critical condition Saturday after falling 100 feet from near Hawksbill Crag in Newton County, according to the sheriff’s office.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I certainly don’t think it undermines reading for pleasure.We want students to go beyond that.” Dana Breitweiser, literacy specialist for the Arkansas Department of Education, on new...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Corporate deal-maker in 1980s Saul P. Steinberg, one of the best-known corporate raiders of the 1980s, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 73.
View ArticleBeebe praises party’s efforts
Leaders of the Democratic Party of Arkansas on Saturday acknowledged the party’s losses at the polls in November but praised the effort to hold as many legislative seats as it did.
View ArticleAgencies seen off mark on contracts
Only eight of the state’s more than 120 agencies, departments boards and commissions reported awarding a contract worth more than $25,000 to a minority group-owned business, an Arkansas...
View ArticleAgent to Mrs. Kennedy recalls Dallas shooting
A Secret Service agent who saw President John F. Kennedy lose his life watched hundreds of volunteers Saturday at the Fort Smith National Cemetery honor those who risked their lives for their country.
View ArticleFundraiser Set for Planchon
The Natural Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society, a firefighters organization, will hold a fundraiser to benefit Bud Planchon Tuesday at On The Border, 577 N. 46th St., in Rogers.
View ArticleAchievement Gap the Focus at Some Schools
The state has identified nearly one-third of Springdale schools as Needs Improvement Focus schools, but the principals of those buildings stress many of their students still are achieving at high levels.
View ArticleState has way to keep more school tax, lawmakers told
A change in the state tax code would let the state recoup money from wealthy school districts whose property tax revenues exceed what is deemed necessary to provide an adequate education, legislators...
View ArticleFBI agent: Ex-officer not initial case target
A former Helena-West Helena police lieutenant wasn’t an initial target of a public corruption investigation in eastern Arkansas, but a fellow officer named her to stand in for him and provide an escort...
View ArticleUAFS student still critical after 100-foot fall off bluff
A Fort Smith college student was listed in critical condition in a Springfield, Mo., hospital Monday after falling 100 feet from a bluff at Hawksbill Crag in Newton County on Saturday.
View ArticleFort Smith man shot several times
A 28-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds Monday afternoon that a Fort Smith police spokesman described as “life threatening.” Police Cpl. Patricia Sullivan gave out few details about the...
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