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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

“I urge anybody who's out there who has someone come to them to solicit or do business to see a copy of that privilege license”

Officials in Sebastian and Crawford counties continued to calculate the damage from the strong thunderstorms that blew through western Arkansas last week. via Herald-Leader

The Hillcrest burglars who pawned a stolen digital camera with photos of the crooks celebrating their haul has led to a bust. via Arkansas Times

“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

“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

“I was watching the news and it said at 9:31 it would hit Benton and I looked at my clock and it was 9:29.”

It's been four days since ten tornadoes hit central Arkansas and there are people still cleaning up and people without power. via KTHV-TV

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

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

Dressed in faded blue jeans and a dark green long-sleeved shirt, Donald "Skip" Hays stands before his class as they discuss Zadie Smith's book On Beauty . via Arkansas Online

“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

A man is to serve 40 years in prison for committing five bank robberies in Arkansas while he was on parole after serving a prison sentence for five bank robberies in North Carolina. via KTHV-TV

LITTLE ROCK --The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management received damage updates Thursday from six of the affected counties including the following: Baxter County with one home in danger of falling into ... via Baxter Bulletin

The City of Jacksonville Community Development and Consumer Credit Counseling Service is sponsoring "The Nuts and Bolts of Home Buying," from 6-8:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the Jacksonville ... via Arkansas Online

Arkansas trucking companies are asking Congress to look into record high diesel fuel prices. 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