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UA Little Rock and Jacksonville North Pulaski School District announce new teacher residency program
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the North Pulaski School District are launching a new teacher residency program. The program is designed to prepare teacher candidates to be ready for their classroom and the school year. Teachers will spend a year working with experienced teacher mentors in the Jacksonville…
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Austin Porter Named Deputy State Epidemiologist
Porter is also the Arkansas Department of Health’s deputy chief science officer. Read More
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Acuna inches toward becoming first 40-60 player
ATLANTA — Spencer Strider wore a Ronald Acuna Jr. 30-60 T-shirt and said: “He’s going to negate the shirt pretty quickly.” Read More
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Van Buren school receives Blue Ribbon award from U.S. Department of Education
RIVER VALLEY — Parkview Elementary School in the Van Buren School District has been named a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, one of 353 schools nationwide to receive this honor. Read More
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Federal Reserve Poised to Leave Rates Unchanged as it Tracks Progress Toward ‘Soft Landing’
The focus for Wall Street investors and analysts now is shifting toward what comes next. Some clues could come in the updated interest rate projections it releases each quarter and at a news conference with Chair Jerome Powell. Read More
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Jacksonville animal shelter stirs alarm, ire
Conditions at the animal shelter in Jacksonville, including a new euthanasia policy, are drawing sharp criticism from residents. Read More
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Court Awards $330,000 to Insurance Company in Home Insurance Fraud Case
Travelers Personal Insurance Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, sued Dianna Rathbun and her husband Marvin Rathbun of Searcy in federal court in Little Rock over allegations of fraud. Read More
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Blue Bell executive to receive architecture foundation award
All Doug Hutchins was concerned with was making sure a group of students, learning of the wonders of architecture and design in Arkansas, had ice-cream treats to go along with that experience. Read More
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Greenland woman repairs credit, earns award while dealing with life’s circumstances
Jennifer Bryant of Greenland got her finances together with help from Credit Counseling of Arkansas. Read More
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K. Hall & Sons honored with Legacy Award
Minority Enterprise Development Week award winners. Venerable Wright Avenue grocery store K. Hall & Sons Produce was honored with a Little Rock Chamber of Commerce 2023 Minority Enterprise Development Week Legacy Award at a Friday luncheon at the Statehouse Convention Center. Founded by the late Knoxie Hall, K. Hall has been operated by three generations of…






