Pine Bluff Fire News Today

Editors Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at shope@pbcommercial.com or use our newsroom email pbcnews@adgnewsroom.com to make additions or changes.

Editors Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at shope@pbcommercial.com or use our newsroom email pbcnews@adgnewsroom.com to make additions or changes.

The 2024 class of Leadership Pine Bluff conducted its "Law Enforcement/Public Safety" session on Feb. 14.

Editors Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at shope@pbcommercial.com or use our newsroom email pbcnews@adgnewsroom.com to make additions or changes.

Fire officials in Pine Bluff are investigating after a Thursday afternoon house fire left one person dead.

Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services will be making its annual Holiday Santa Run and spreading holiday cheer with a festive fire truck.

To the Veterans

Vote for tax

The needs of the Pine Bluff public safety departments are heavily dependent on the proposed three-eighths-cent sales tax, according to Mayor Shirley Washington during the 2024 budget hearing on Tuesday.

The presidents of three local firefighter unions that represent Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services employees signed a letter addressed to Mayor Shirley Washington endorsing a 3/8-cent sales tax that would benefit the fire and police departments.