by - June 28, 2022 7:29 pm
Ongoing financial and past personal issues have emerged for Max Avery, the Republican candidate in the Arkansas House District 49 race, which represents the northern part of Fort Smith. Avery…
by - June 28, 2022 5:51 pm
Schools should use many resources they already have to gather protective intelligence, assess threats and work as a team to prevent acts of student violence, according to Cindy Marble, a…
by - June 28, 2022 4:50 pm
Corn and soybean prices continue to soar upwards, but the lack of rain could eat into row crop farmers’ profits. Grain price hikes are negatively impacting cattle producers. Less than…
by - June 27, 2022 4:54 pm
Two former Republican members of the Sebastian County Quorum Court were sentenced Monday (June 27) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas at Fort Smith to…
by - June 27, 2022 11:14 am
State Rep. Dwight Tosh, R-Jonesboro, received a near death sentence when he was only 13 years old. The healthy teenager developed a high fever that wouldn’t break. He was soon…
by - June 27, 2022 9:28 am
For many on both sides of the abortion debate, the Dobbs decision may feel like the end of it. But it’s become clear in the days since Roe v Wade…
by - June 27, 2022 9:28 am
By sheer coincidence – or by God’s guidance – I happened to be in Washington D.C. when the big announcement came. I was almost to the U.S. Supreme Court building…
by - June 26, 2022 3:34 pm
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) has hired Val Rose Habrock as its new Director of Governmental Affairs. Habrock joined the team on June 13, 2022 and will work…
by - June 26, 2022 3:10 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, is juggling many of his Congressional duties, but finding solutions to reduce inflation may be the most urgent priority for the four-term representative. A…
by - June 26, 2022 2:37 pm
Alan Morse, CEO of Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications, a regional telecom and broadband provider, said Arkansas is well ahead of surrounding states when it comes to investing in high-speed Internet fiber…
by - June 24, 2022 5:23 pm
With a stroke of a pen, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday (June 24) certified that almost all abortions are now illegal in Arkansas. Her action followed the U.S. Supreme…
by - June 24, 2022 9:31 am
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday (June 24) upheld a Mississippi law banning abortion and in doing so overturned the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, and also overturned…
by - June 23, 2022 3:44 pm
The city of Fort Smith’s new director of information technology is set to start his new job in July, when he will join two other new faces in the city…
by - June 23, 2022 3:06 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 23) overturned decades of legal precedent in New York state and in doing so significantly curtailed what states and cities can do to…
by - June 23, 2022 2:11 pm
Crittenden County Circuit Court Judge Tonya Alexander denied a petition Thursday (June 23) by Damien Echols to have advanced DNA testing done on ligatures that were recovered in the 1993…
by - June 22, 2022 6:57 pm
Outdoor recreation officials from Arkansas, Maryland, and New Hampshire recently signed on to the Outdoor Recreation Industry Confluence Accords. The signing, which happened in Little Rock, brings the total number…
by - June 22, 2022 5:48 pm
Little Rock attorney Joe Kolb was sworn in as president of the Arkansas Bar Association on June 17, 2022, during the group’s annual meeting at the Hot Springs Convention Center….
by - June 22, 2022 2:42 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a new member Wednesday (June 22) to the University of Arkansas System board of trustees. Col. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Nathaniel “Nate” Todd of Pine Bluff, secretary…
by - June 22, 2022 11:42 am
Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Northwest Arkansas this fall to give a keynote address at an event hosted by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. “America Leads: An…
by - June 22, 2022 12:24 am
Former State Sen. Bryan King’s defeat of Sen. Bob Ballinger was the most-watched run off election of the night Tuesday (June 21). In addition to races in Northwest Arkansas, there were…
