Mountain Pine Road News Today

MOUNTAIN PINE -- A Mountain Pine man was arrested on a felony fleeing charge Friday night after allegedly leading an Arkansas State Parks ranger on a pursuit from Mountain Pine Road to his residence.

A local man who was being sought on felony warrants after allegedly fleeing from Hot Springs police last year with children in his vehicle was arrested Saturday night after reportedly briefly fleeing from Arkansas State Police.

Sometime over the next several days, the Arkansas Department of Transportation plans to activate the new traffic signal at the intersection of Albert Pike Road (Highway 270 west) and Crystal Hill Road, initially as a flashing signal in preparation for making it fully operational next month.

Two of the primary meth distributors arrested in December in a drug task force raid on a previously shut down residence on Mountain Pine Road pleaded guilty to drug charges Wednesday in Garland County Circuit Court.

The dual left-turn lanes on Mountain Pine Road (Highway 227) that will allow southbound traffic to turn eastbound onto Albert Pike Road (Highway 270) are open today as part of the construction project to widen Albert Pike Road to five lanes, the Arkansas Department of Transportation says.

A Mountain Pine man was killed and a boy was injured in a one-vehicle wreck late Sunday in the 3700 block of Mountain Pine Road, troopers said.

A Mountain Pine man was killed and a boy was injured in a one-vehicle wreck late Sunday in the 3700 block of Mountain Pine Road, troopers said.

Work crews will begin closing some lanes Tuesday for nearly a month on Arkansas 227 in Hot Springs to widen U.S. 270, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced.

Work on a $22.6 million project to widen a section of Albert Pike Road in Hot Springs will require a change in the traffic pattern at Macy Boulevard and Mountain Pine Road starting Monday, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

Work on a $22.6 million project to widen a section of Albert Pike Road in Hot Springs will require a change in the traffic pattern at Macy Boulevard and Mountain Pine Road starting Monday, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.