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“This workshop encourages teachers to take their students outside to a living classroom. Get their feet wet and hands dirty”

Workshop provides professional training for teachers LITTLE ROCK Spring is here and many teachers throughout the state will be looking for professional development training and workshops. via Log Cabin Democrat

LITTLE ROCK - First lady Ginger Beebe has announced an art competition for the 2009 Arkansas Artist Engagement Calendar. via Baxter Bulletin

“I want as many people as I can to come out and do the march to show how big global warming and the earth is important to us.”

A North Little Rock teenager is calling on all other Arkansas teens to help make this state a better place to live in the future. via ArkansasMatters

Personnel at the Arkansas State Police will take training courses to learn how to spot fraudulent identity documents presented by people from foreign countries. via The Herald-Leader

“We need people to not look at whether the person standing on the corner with a beer bottle wrapped in a paper bag and carrying his clothes in a plastic bag not to judge whether that person needs help or not, we just need to act”

After being awakened by chickens in their living quarters, the contestants must pluck what once clucked, then cook them for the evening's family-style dinner service. via FOX16.com

“Too many homeowners run the risk of making a bad situation worse”

Help after the storms Realtor, contractor team up to provide consumer protection tips for storm and flood repairs Dara Tapley, licensed Realtor with Central Arkansas Real Estate and Mickey Upton, construction ... via Log Cabin Democrat

“We dream of the day when there's no more domestic violence.”

Women's shelters across Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley are often filled to capacity, leaving lives in danger, when there's nowhere to go. via KFSM-TV Fort Smith

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette SEARCY - The Dr. Robert E. Elliott Foundation will hold its annual 5K Run and Fun Walk on Saturday, May 17, at Spring Park. via Arkansas Online

" A family's pet dog, in Polk Co., has been confirmed rabid by the Oklahoma Department of Health this week. via CW Arkansas

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette LITTLE ROCK - Local school districts are recruiting for the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters program for the 2008-09 school year. via Arkansas Online

The Central Arkansas Development Council Bryant Senior Activity Center will honor its volunteers at an appreciation ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, May 2. The ceremony will be held at the CADC Bryant Senior ... via Arkansas Online

For the first time in its history, the Arkansas Senate scheduled hearings to decide a disputed election. via Herald Leader

“I fell in love with the Ozark Folk Center on my first visit”

Jeannett Larson has been selected as the new director of crafts at the Ozark Folk Center. via Arkansas Online

“It is great for schools, colleges/universities, festivals, special events, museums and libraries, and because it is a mobile gallery, it is a wonderful way to introduce audiences to art in their own communities”

The Arkansas Arts Center's Artmobile, a mobile gallery more than 40 feet long containing original works of art from the Arts Center's permanent collection, will be at Arkansas State University-Beebe's ... via Arkansas Online

“Somebody came up here and cut a lock on the back gate, and used another tractor that was on the site to pull the mowers out”

Reward offered in Damascus mower thefts LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT Damascus Chief of Police Dan Sutterfield said Thursday that information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who stole two ... via Log Cabin Democrat

If you head out to the Rivermarket this weekend, you'll find plenty of gorgeous sculptures-all created by Arkansas Artists. via KTHV-TV Little Rock

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette So as not to waste any more time than we've already lost due to the early clock change and what is needed to finish preparing for an early Easter , we're just going to get to ... via Arkansas Online

“The whole factory was ablaze with black smoke flying into the air, plumes of smoke”

A meat packing plant in Booneville exploded Sunday afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people and forcing an evacuation as ammonia leaked into the air, state officials said. via FOX16.com

Press Release: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Jackson County is actively engaged in sandbagging the flood wall in Jacksonport. via KTHV-TV Little Rock

The peculiarities of the Arkansas Constitution are in the spotlight, once again, because of the debate over raising the severance tax on natural gas. via Herald Leader