04/26/11 Members of the Ashley County Quorum Court on Tuesday, April 12, indicated that they will consider a request for a contract for services with Fast Ambulance Service, provided that the service becomes a nonprofit organization and provides additional financial information.
04/26/11 Mary E. Walter, Shelton Roberts and Lee Ann Shivers. Georgia-Pacific Crossett Studmill employees were recognized Tuesday, April 5, for re-certification into the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
04/26/11 In a Drew County Circuit Court proceeding which lasted only about ten minutes, shortly before noon on Tuesday, April 19, Adrianne Juwan Green of Crossett pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with the July 1 armed robbery of the First National Bank of Crossett branch in North Crossett.
04/20/11 Carrie Williams, marketing consultant with Centerpoint Energy, left, and Monica Beard-Raymond, senior energy efficiency consultant region 1 with Centerpoint Energy, present a $13,000 rebate check to Phil Kelley, maintenance and transportation supervisor for the Crossett School District, Monday, April 11. Centerpoint Energy awarded the check to the district for the installation of an energy ...
04/13/11 A Hamburg High School May graduate, Mikiko Joiner, has been named a Bodenhamer Fellow at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. The Bodenhamer Fellowships encourage Arkansas' outstanding high school students to pursue a college education at the University of Arkansas in the Honors College.
04/06/11 LITTLE ROCK - The Senate panel responsible for signing off on redistricting legislation unanimously endorsed a Senate plan Tuesday to redraw boundaries for the state's four congressional districts.
04/06/11 The Senate approved the redistricting proposal on a 20-13 vote Wednesday morning. It now heads to the House, which is scheduled to meet on Thursday.
04/06/11 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a compromise proposal to redraw the state's congressional districts, sending the plan to a skeptical House that already has approved its own redistricting map.
04/05/11 Volunteers are needed for Hamburg's spring community improvement effort on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The cleanup is being held in conjunction with the Great American Cleanup, the annual spring nationwide community improvement campaign presented by Keep America Beautiful and coordinated and promoted by Keep Arkansas Beautiful (KAB), a state certified affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.
04/04/11 CHUCK BARTELS Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Republicans had greater strength in the Arkansas Legislature this year than in more than a century and while that power led to a compromise with Democrats on taxes and spending, the party's minority status was better reflected in its losses on bills to restrict abortion and fight illegal immigration. The main choke points for Republican bills were ...
04/01/11 Audubon Arkansas has designated 29 areas across the state of Arkansas, including areas in Region 8, to serve as habitats for birds.
03/31/11 The Arkansas House has passed a redistricting bill to move Fayetteville from the 3rd District to the 4th Congressional District, which has customarily covered south Arkansas.
03/31/11 The Arkansas House has passed a redistricting bill to move Fayetteville from the Third to the Fourth Congressional District, which has customarily covered south Arkansas.
03/31/11 The Arkansas House passed a redistricting bill to move Fayetteville from the Third to the Fourth Congressional District Thursday afternoon.
03/30/11 LINCOLN, Neb. - The Lincoln Saltdogs re-signed 2009 Player of the Year 1B Phil Hawke, along with INF Brandon Jones and C Pat Trettel from last year's home run record-setting club.
03/24/11 Traffic heads south on I-30 near Benton, Ark. A tax proposal in the Arkansas Senate is a companion to a proposed constitutional amendment that would enact a half-cent sales tax for 10 years to pay for highway improvements.
03/24/11 A redistricting plan that would move the city of Fayetteville to the only congressional seat held by a Democrat in Arkansas was sent to the House Wednesday for a vote, overriding complaints from Republicans who called it a partisan effort to help Democrats in the state.
03/24/11 (AP:LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) An Arkansas bill that would ask voters to raise the tax on diesel fuel by a nickel did some traveling of its own Wednesday, making two trips back to committee a day after Democrats maneuvered to get the bill before the full Senate.
03/24/11 LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Danny Broughton, Jacksonville, reappointed to the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board. Appointment expires January 26, 2013. Kelly Chaney, Cabot, to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board. Appointment expires April 8, 2014. Replaces Anita Woodall. Clevesta...
03/22/11 A complaint filed by two environmental organizations, who allege that the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Crossett is in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, was filed on incorrect claims, Teresa Walsh of Georgia Pacific said Friday. | 
