06/06/11 The Local Redevelopment Authority will meet Monday afternoon at city hall and a vote is expected. The center is being closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act process.
06/06/11 (DALLAS ? June 6, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Community Improvement Association in Madison, Arkansas, a $200,000 brownfields cleanup grant. ?Brownfields grants help to revitalize these contaminated sites,? said EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz
06/06/11 SPRINGDALE, AR - The Northwest Arkansas Naturals visited the tornado stricken city of Joplin, Missouri on Monday on the heels of a six-game homestand that saw the Naturals collect $6,659.66 in donations and nearly $7,000 total in cash and items to contribute to the relief effort.
06/06/11 SPRINGDALE, AR - Tim Smith's RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning drove in Christian Colon for a triumphant 4-3 Naturals win over the Midland RockHounds Monday evening at Arvest Ballpark.
06/05/11 SPRINGDALE, AR - The Kansas City Royals made two transactions affecting the Naturals' roster prior to Sunday's game against the Midland RockHounds. The related details are as follows:
06/04/11 SPRINGDALE, AR - As the Naturals and Midland RockHounds, the Oakland Athletics' Double-A affiliate, visit for the second time in the past week and first time in 2011 at Arvest Ballpark since the 2010 Texas League Championship Series, a check of both the rosters and the standings are about all you need to figure out that things have changed significantly since then for both teams.
06/01/11 A committee that will determine the fate of the U.S. Army Reserve Center building in Jonesboro has toured the facility as it prepares to make its decision.
06/01/11 WASHINGTON - The U.S. House Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected raising the federal debt ceiling to $16.7 trillion with no strings attached. The entire Arkansas delegation voted against the bill, which failed 97-318.
06/01/11 WALDRON - The Waldron City Council voted Tuesday to secure an outside party to continue an investigation of its Police Department.
05/26/11 When three tornadoes marched toward Oklahoma City and its suburbs, thousands of people in the path benefited from good forecasts, luck and live television to avoid the kind of catastrophe that befell Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Joplin, Mo.
05/26/11 With tornado season upon us and after the recent devastation in the American Midwest, it has become imperative to have a severe thunderstorm plan at the ready, says an Environment Canada meteorologist.
05/26/11 Severe thunderstorms are expected to pound large swathes of the United States on Thursday, stretching from the Gulf Coast to New England, forecasters warned.
05/26/11 ATLANTA (AP) - Many of the states hammered by what's already the deadliest year for tornadoes in more than half a century have among the nation's highest rates of homes without hazard insurance despite being among the most twister-prone, data analyzed by The Associated Press shows.
05/19/11 Hamburg High School recognized the winners of academic awards for this school year during a banquet on Monday night, May 2, in the high school cafeteria.
05/19/11 The outbreak is traced to the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championships COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Veterinarians at the University of Missouri in Columbia are urging horse owners to be alert for symptoms of a potentially fatal virus known as Equine Herpes Virus-1.
05/19/11 Metroplan is promoting Friday as a "Ditch Your Keys" and "Ride Your Bike to Work" day. Good for you. Good for cleaner air. Details follow. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
05/19/11 Brock baseball is on a mission to beat a path back to Austin, and hope to remove another barrier when they meet the Melissa Cardinals at Ponder High School, beginning a best-of-three set on Thursday.
05/19/11 Richard B. Adkisson, who retired as chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1984, died Wednesday. He was 78.
05/19/11 No single candidate stands ready to fill the gap that Mike Huckabee leaves in the 2012 Republican field for president, and those who do benefit may bear little resemblance to the former Arkansas governor and one-time Baptist minister who was favored by evangelical conservatives.
05/03/11 NEW YORK (AP) - Joyous at the release of a decade's frustration, Americans streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the White House and smaller but no less jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden - cheering, waving flags and belting the national anthem. |