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West Helena, Arkansas is located in Phillips County. Zip codes in West Helena, AR include 72390. More West Helena information.

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Thursday Nov 12 | Arkansas Times

Arkansas blogosphere

The morning mail is full of tips on interesting Arkansas info. Among them: * A progressive blog has set up a page to encourage campaign contributions to U.S. Reps.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Arkansas Online

Charter school's Blytheville add-on wins OK

Scott Shirley, executive director of the Knowledge is Power Program Delta Public Schools, hugs student Jameshia Banks after she and Domonique Bragg and other students of the programa s school in Helena-West Helena spoke before the Arkansas Board of Education on Monday in support of a new charter school in Blytheville.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Phillips County man charged with forgery

Authorities say a man in Helena-West Helena is charged with forgery after a search of his home turned up phony cash and money orders.

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Arkansas Online

Justices suspend Simes

A circuit judge from Helena-West Helena will be suspended from the bench until his term ends next year but wona t be barred from seeking re-election, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 4-3 decision.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

ArkansasBusiness.com

Promised Legal Action Joins Investigations of Turbeville

Helena-West Helena hopes to band together with other pension clients to pursue litigation against a Little Rock financial adviser.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

KNOE-TV Monroe

Ark. company to buy Greenwood mill

An Arkansas company expects to complete by mid-December its acquisition of Greenwood's PYCO oil mill.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

21-year-old charged with killing teenager at Helena-West Helena, Ark.

Helena-West Helena police say they've charged a 21-year-old man with capital murder after a 16-year-old was found fatally shot last week.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Arkansas Online

the Weekend Ten

The Arkansas State Fair starts today and runs through Oct. 18 at Little Rock's State Fairgrounds.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

Arkansas Online

Take your pick: State fair, blues fest or Robin Williams

18 at Little Rocka TMs Arkansas State Fair Grounds, and a sneak preview of the annual fun can be found in Thursdaya TMs Arkansas Weekend section.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

WPTY

Economy Hits Blues Festival

The Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues Festival, kicked off Thursday.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

Arkansas News Bureau

Prosecutor investigating Helena-West Helena audit findings

An East Arkansas prosecutor said today his office is investigating financial irregularities discovered in a recent state audit of the city of Helena-West Helena.

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Truman Democrat

Bank has same faces, new name

Customers who walk into the Bank of Trumann Wednesday will be greeted by the same familiar faces of the bankers they have come to know and trust.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Arkansas Online

Blues in a big way

Michael Burke, a Camden native and blues musician. - No matter what name it goes by, blues fans around the nation know that once a year Helena-West Helena presents a festival that continues to draw them like flies to honey.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Arkansas Online

A walk down Cherry Street

Ita s a cloudy Friday morning on Cherry Street in downtown Helena-West Helena. The combination of Helena and West Helena, which took effect the first day of 2006, was a needed move.

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Thu Oct 01, 2009

Arkansas Online

Fast Forward

In the Delta: The Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival will be Oct. 8-10 in downtown Helena-West Helena.

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

MSNBC

Clinton Presidential Library to Host Community Health Care Forums

Starting next week, Little Rock's Clinton Library joins forces with the National Issues Forums Institute to host a series of town hall meetings on health care reform.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

FOX16.com

Ark. woman arrested in boyfriend's stabbing death

A dapper criminal gains the confidence of Barney, Opie and Aunt Bee, but Andy remains skeptical of the man's intentions.

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Fri Sep 11, 2009

KATV Little Rock

Jonesboro Man Arrested in Shooting

Police in east Arkansas have arrested a 20-year-old Jonesboro man on suspicion of capital murder in last month's shooting death of a Helena-West Helena teen.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009

PR-inside.com

Savoring the Sounds of the Blues Festival in Historic Helena

The Festival is the largest blues festival in the south. The Delta Blues : ... Southern Music : at its Finest The Annual Pilgrimage to the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival attracts thousands of visitors to the banks of the Mississippi River.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

FindingDulcinea

Happy Birthday, Richard Wright, Groundbreaking Author of 'Black Boy' and 'Native Son'

Richard Wright, the first African-American man to make a living as an author, is known for landmark books like "Native Son" and "Black Boy." Richard Wright's Early Days Richard Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi, on September 4, 1908, to Nathaniel Wright, a sharecropper, and Ella Wilson Wright, a schoolteacher who later took up farm work.

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