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Arkansas prison officials to consider $16.5 million contract toward development of new facilit
The Board of Corrections will hold a special-called meeting Friday. Read More
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Mena man sentenced to 5 years for theft of artifacts from Jacksonville museum
A 49-year-old Mena man with a history of stealing collectibles and who was caught on video taking a non-working submachine gun and Civil-War era swords from the Jacksonville Museum of Military History accepted a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday. Read More
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USDA grant funding awarded to Arkansas organizations and agricultural producers
Arkansas organizations and agricultural producers have been awarded grant funding totaling just over $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand access to clean energy and lower their energy bills, the agency said Thursday. Read More
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Little Rock moves forward with $12 million solar power project
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock city officials said a planned solar power project for Little Rock should save $1 million annually once it is in place. City officials said they had completed the required interconnection agreements for the 4.9-megawatt AC solar project, marking a transition to the project’s construction phase. Officials look to Port…
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Little Rock to move forward with solar project after reaching agreement with Entergy
The 4.9 megawatt project is expected to save the city $1 million in annual energy costs. Read More
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Heartland Forward hosts telehealth training at Fayetteville Public Library to expand access to care
FAYETTEVILLE — A Bentonville nonprofit is partnering with local libraries to help people become more comfortable with telehealth options in Northwest Arkansas and beyond. Read More
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Raye, Camp and Hughey to be honored at Arkansas Country Music Awards in June
Colin Raye, Shawn Camp and John Hughey will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards on June 2 during the 8th Annual Arkansas Country Music Awards show at Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Read More
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Little Rock School Board awarded $5.8 million magnet schools grant from US Department of Education
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Federal education officials are sending more than $5 million to Little Rock as part of a new magnet schools program. Officials with the U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday that the Little Rock School Board would receive $5,804,522 as part of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP). Two Central High School…
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Academy Award-winning actors Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen; author Jonathan Haidt to speak at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art this fall
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will host two notable lectures this fall, including a conversation between Academy Award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda and Academy Award-winning actor and Arkansas native Mary Steenburgen on November 12. Read More
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Jacksonville parents face additional capital murder charges after second child dies
A three-year-old girl died in September after being taken to a local hospital in July, a post from the Jacksonville Police Department said. Read More






