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Public gives input on how to tell story of Washington State Park
The Interpretation Plan for how historic WashingtonState park will be represented and communicated to visitors was presented Tuesday night at the 1914 School in Washington, Ark., the former state capitol.
From past to present... a history of Arkansas courthouses
A tug-of-war usually lasts a couple of minutes, but the struggle over the county seat in Hempstead County lasted sixty years.
The two men are brothers-in-law, and have lived on adjoining farms for several years.
Washington D.C. Bureau Today's News Washington Digest: Senate approves war funding WASHINGTON - The Senate ignored a White House veto warning and approved an Iraq war spending bill last week that also included ...
82-year-old man killed in two-vehicle crash
An 82-year-old Washington, Ark., man was killed and two others were injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in Hope, Ark., according to Arkansas State Police reports. via Texarkana Gazette
Great Smoky Mountain Bladesmithing Symposium and Knife Show
The knife show and auction will be open to the public beginning at 1 p.m. today, free of charge. via Asheville Citizen-Times
Knife Show Makes A Point At Robinson Center
Hundreds of tables of handmade custom knives filled the Robinson Center on Saturday. via KTHV-TV Little Rock
Data available from missing person reports
Robert W. Barnes has compiled an interesting new book titled "Missing Relatives and Lost Friends." This data was abstracted from newspaper advertisements looking for missing relatives and lost friends from ... via The Lufkin Daily News
Simpler times come to Historic Washington
Can you smell the wood smoke or the coffee brewing on the open fire? Can you hear the horses' hooves clop-clop-clopping down the streets? If you can, you are at the Five Trails Rendezvous at Historic Washington ... via Online Hope Star
National Fire Marshall Association Pushes for Novelty Lighter Ban
The National Association of State Fire Marshals is trying to ban novelty cigarette lighters across the country. via KCRG
Washington D.C. Bureau Today's News Washington Digest: House approves stimulus package WASHINGTON - The House voted 385-35 last week for a $146 billion economic stimulus bill that would give checks of $600 to ... via Arkansas News Bureau
Washington D.C. Bureau Today's News Marshals museum gets no federal funds this year WASHINGTON - The proposed U.S. Marshals Service Museum in Fort Smith was shut out of federal money this year, a victim of ... via Arkansas News Bureau
Past comes alive at Christmas and Candlelight
By GRACE LEONHART, Hope Star Community Editor Published: Monday, December 3, 2007 7:51 PM CST Visitors to the town of Washington on Saturday, December 8, will be met with thousands of luminaries shimmering in ... via Online Hope Star
My vote countsL But counts for what?
Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: Opinion I went and voted. Other voters who turned out at the polls on Nov. via NetXNews
U.S. Fires Release Enormous Amounts of Carbon Dioxide
“These research results are important information for policy-makers.”
Large-scale fires in western and southeastern states can pump as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a few weeks as the states' entire motor vehicle traffic in a year, according to newly published ... via Science Blog
California wildfires unleash climate-warming carbon
“A striking implication of very large wildfires is that a severe fire season lasting only one or two months can release as much carbon as the annual emissions from the entire transportation or energy sector of an individual state”
California wildfires pumped nearly 8 million metric tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in just a week, about one-quarter as much as fossil fuels do in that state in a month, scientists ... via Environmental News Network
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the expansion Wednesday of a nationwide recall of Soy Deli and Quong Hop brand tofu. via Earth Times
Arkansas Man Sues Over State's Muni Taxing
“The top income tax rate here is 7%, so taking away that preference would hurt states like California, with much higher rates on local and state income taxes, more than it would Arkansas”
Washington Arkansas Man Sues Over State's Muni Taxing A Little Rock resident has filed suit against Arkansas challenging the state's preferential taxing practices for municipal bonds sold by in-state issuers. via The Bond Buyer