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Available Jobs for Available Employees in Newport
It's a common problem for cities in Region 8, it's seems there are never enough good jobs for the people who need them.
Newport - The Town That Almost Wasn't.
NEWPORT Newport has gone through some tough times that has earned it the name of "Plucky Newport" Between the devastating fires, and floods Newport has risen like a phoenix to where it is today.
Grain sorghum gets nod on toughest fields
One crop seems to handle adversity better than any other for Newport, Ark., farmer Malcolm Haigwood - grain sorghum.
Two Killed In Work Zone Crash At White River Bridge
Two people were killed, including a state highway worker, in a crash on the Highway 67 bridge over the White River.
, worker die in work zone crash on U.S. 67 Arkansas bridge
A semitruck driver crashed through a state highway department work zone Tuesday morning on a U.S. 67 bridge over the White River, killing himself and a worker there as flames engulfed his rig, officials said.
Catfish Farmers Feeling Economic Crunch
With soaring prices for just about everything needed to raise their fish, catfish farmers are anxious and some are shutting down altogether.
[UMNS-ALL-NEWS] UMNS# 251-Bonhoeffer achieves martyr status with...
Bonhoeffer achieves martyr status with United Methodists >Jun. 17, 2008 NOTE: Photographs are available at http://umns.umc.org . >A UMNS Report By Linda Bloom* Although Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been dead for ...
Lawmaker's wife wins Democratic runoff for Ark. House seat
The wife of a term-limited lawmaker won the Democratic nomination for her husband's House seat in a runoff election Tuesday, achieving what two other legislative wives were unable to do in last month's primary ...
Ark. lawmaker's wife hopes to buck opposition to family ties
The wife of a term-limited lawmaker this week will try to do what two other legislative wives were unable to do in last month's primary election: win her party's nomination for a seat in the Arkansas ...
ASU Alumni Association board welcomes Miles as new member
JONESBORO - Arkansas State University Alumni Association has announced that I. Joe Miles of Mountain Home has joined the Association's board of directors.
Lakes to stay high through summer
Table Rock Lake won't return to its normal summer level until mid-July, and Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes aren't expected to return to normal until late August or early September, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
Ritter Communications and ASU-Newport start new partnership
Ritter Communications President R. Paul Waits presents ASU-Newport Chancellor Larry Williams and ASU President Les Wyatt with a check for Ritter's $250,000 donation for scholarships in the program of ...
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rebuilding or repairing a home after flooding can be a daunting task. But with the right information, homeowners can build back in a way that reduces the likelihood of future damage. via Federal Emergency Management Agency
Full lakes prolong White River threat
“There still is a big potential that if we got a really large amount of rain over this basin in a pretty short amount of time, we could see flood crests popping right back up again very quickly”
The upper White River was predicted to rise again today after Thursday rain in north Arkansas led the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Little Rock to open spillway gates at the swollen Beaver, Table Rock and ... via Herald-Leader
City of Newport Plans for Portfest
“The city workers will come in Thursday and start to work on the park”
Krystal Whitman Reports City of Newport Plans for Portfest Posted: Updated: Newport, AR An update on a story we brought a few weeks ago about a Jackson County resident who is trying to repair her house after ... via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Bobby Lee Trammell, Rockabilly Wild Man, Mr. Arkansas Twist, state legislator, By Coy Hurd
Times have changed in northeastern Arkansas. It is difficult to believe that there used to be such a thriving music scene. via Fayetteville Free Weekly
“At that meeting, we will be narrowing the list down to three to five applicants. Those final applicants will each go through a formal interview process.”
The principal at Bentonville High School is one of 14 people being considered as the next Gravette School District superintendent. via Herald-Leader
Prosecutors seek new charges against Green's son
“We have learned that Chad Green has become uncooperative with us in violation of the terms of his original plea agreement. Therefore we asked the court to revoke that plea agreement and reinstate all the charges against him”
Billy Dale Green had been convicted in 2004 of four counts of capital murder and one count of kidnapping in the July 29, 1998, attacks on Carl Allen Elliott, 30; his wife Lisa, 27; and their two children, ... via Arkansas Online
Is the Arkansas Adoption System Out of Control?
“My childhood was normal until my dad died and my mom got a bunch of money from Social Security and she ended up using that on the wrong things and got the wrong addictions.”
No call at Christmas. No one to wish you a happy birthday. No one to ask advice about life's toughest decisions. via KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Beebe sign will stay up After the Arkansas Times raised questions about his expenditure of carryover campaign funds, state Rep. via Arkansas Times