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Three Arkansas school districts in which voters recently passed property tax increases for campus building projects -- only to see construction costs soar -- are getting some extra help from the state.

When I lived on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, one of my favorite annual events was the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall. I would visit with people from the featured parts of the country, try food from those areas and listen to music. It was a good way to spend a Saturday.

Residents in one Northeast Arkansas town received a rude awakening.

Residents in one northeast Arkansas town received a rude awakening.

Photo courtesy of Sara Goodwin The Yellville-Summit High School girls' track team finished the season Tuesday with its third consecutive state championship. The

On a winter day in 1992, Brooks Blevins walked into a cramped, windowless office in the attic of the Alphin Building on the campus of whats now Lyon College in Batesville. The man I consider the authority on the Ozarks had no idea at the time that he would spend his career studying the region.

There is high school track scheduled for Tuesday as state meets get underway in Arkansas. The Class 3A State Meet will be held at Prescott. Teams participating

One Izard County town is upset after a business was found dumping sewage on city property, but luckily for them, they don't have to worry about it any longer.

A few area high school track teams will begin postseason action on Tuesday. Salem, Melbourne and Mountain View will compete in the 3A-2 Conference Meet at

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 40-year-old Terry Johnson on Thursday, April 20, after a judge found probable cause to charge him with 55 counts of child pornography.