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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Annual event honoring local bull rider set for May 8 To honor a fallen friend, 40 of the top athletes in the sport of bull riding will return to Bill Hailey Arena in Cassville on May 8 for the second annual Ridin’ with Mason Lowe Invitational, a PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Touring Pro Division event. Mason Lowe, an Exeter native, passed away on Jan. 15, 2019, as a result of injuries suffered during a PBR event at the Denver Coliseum. To celebrate his ca...

The cold temperatures have caused an increase in energy usage, and electric cooperatives and other utilities in Arkansas and surrounding states have reached a

On February 5, 2008, many people headed to the polls for the 2008 primary election, including in Arkansas, but many sheltered for their lives due to a tornado outbreak.

Submitted by Janelle on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 7:05am Two law students want to serve their hometowns in rural Arkansas, and a new Rural Practice Incubator Project at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law will make that possible.  Bowen Law has selected two graduates to participate in its Rural Practice Incubator Project. Over the next 18-months, Cynthia Aikman and Abraham “Sam” Keefer will get support and training from the law school while they build th...

Share this article Share this article LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of a school year like no other, Arkansas families and educators are gearing up to safely spotlight education options during School Choice Week 2021. Arkansas families, schools, and organizations are hosting 462 virtual or at-home celebrations during the Week. Among the most exciting of these will be a free drive-in movie screening of "Miss Virginia" for families in the Little Rock Area on Saturd...

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Sharp County Jail, an $8 million facility, opens New Detention Center Opens By Logan Whaley | January 8, 2021 at 6:23 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 7:01 PM SHARP COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sharp County Detention Center was held Friday morning. The ceremony featured many local and state officials, including Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, former U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day, among many others. Governor Asa Hutchinson was sch...

Arkansas’ newest medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Friday in Northern Arkansas in eastern Fulton County. KAIT reports Spring River Dispensary’s manager Sonja Kaselaan says the response from the community has been overwhelming. Photo: Courtesy KAIT The dispensary held a preregistration event for two days, where nearly 300 people signed up to get in the building quicker on opening day. The preregistration included patients providing copies of medical cards and other necessary person...

Alexandra Malisheski, RN, BSN, OCN, and Director of Ozarks Healthcare’s Oncology Services, administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a coworker. WEST PLAINS, MO – Just before the start of a new year, Ozarks Healthcare completed its first round of administrations of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to frontline healthcare workers. Ozarks Healthcare employees who volunteered to receive the vaccine included physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, environment...

Emerson Professional Tools to host job fair in Ash Flat Emerson Professional Tools to host job fair in Ash Flat By Logan Whaley | December 15, 2020 at 7:09 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 9:13 AM “Because of COVID, we didn’t get to do an on-the-ground announcement when we first went public with the decision for Emerson to move into the Ash Flat community,” Graycen Bigger, executive director of NEA Intermodal, said.“It’s a little bit more than a job fair... they’ll talk about wh...