Patterson News

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln's campaign takes pains to note that a Benton County Democratic Party picnic Saturday is not a public health care event, as it was described in press materials from the Obama administration organization working for health care reform.

A new poll shows 78 percent of Arkansans approve of the job Gov. Mike Beebe is doing as governor.

The Arkansas General Assembly should consider changing state law to give the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission more authority to ensure that levees are properly maintained to minimize flood danger, a state auditor told lawmakers Friday.

Frequent flooding is no stranger to residents who live along the Cache River at Patterson.