New information has been released in the Arkansas Department of Education illegal school bus passing survey. Two hundred and twenty seven school districts participated in the survey, which recorded 884 instances of school buses being passed illegally on April 24. It is illegal to pass a school bus that is …
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Cossatot River State Park will be holding the Southwest Arkansas Tour overnight camp this month for youth ages 9 to 13. Park Interpreter Shelly Flannery says the camp is a great way to discover some of the area’s State Parks. Campers will discover the resources that make each park unique …
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Crater to Host Prospectors’ Gemboree on June 15 By Waymon Cox Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Each year, the park sees thousands of visitors from all over the world come to Southwest Arkansas in search of real diamonds. On Saturday, June 15, the Crater will host a celebration …
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Have you seen those stands on the side of the road with all those vegetables and fruit for sale. Do you often wonder where all of it came from? Well Hempstead and Howard County Farmers’ Markets state in the by laws if you want to sell at market you have …
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Southwest Arkansas Telephone Co-Op of Texarkana will proceed with bringing high speed fiber internet service to the city of Nashville. Chamber of Commerce Director Mike Reese says the company has received the final contract estimates and are positive the project will remain in line with their figures. The internet will …
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A public hearing will be held this evening at 7:00 at the city of Washington, Arkansas Fire Station for the purpose of identifying and prioritizing the community needs of the city of Washington, determining whether an application for Arkansas Community and Economic Development Program funds should be developed and if …
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The Centerpoint School District in Pike County has received over $60,000 in grant funds from the Arkansas Department of Career Education to start a full-service meat market. School officials say between the meat market and the soon-to-be-started farmers’ market, local communities soon will be provided new sources for fresh meat …
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Several area students attending Arkansas Tech University have been named to the school’s Dean’s List for the spring 2019 semester. Students are required to maintain a 3.5 GPA to receive the honor.) Dierks, Ark.—Luis Salinas Martinez and Luke Andrew Tollett Horatio, Ark.—Jessica Nicole Buenrostro Nashville, Ark.—Shayla Nichelle Miller, Matthew Robert …
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The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is featuring The Mega-Millions Jackpot drawing this week and the prize to be awarded has grown to one of the top 10 largest amounts in ASL history. In addition to the upcoming drawing, the deadline to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship has been set …
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Arkansas Farm to School is traveling around the state to the education cooperatives to share a new resource, the Arkansas Farm to School Toolkit. If you’d like to learn how to build or grow a farm to school program, you are invited to attend. This class is open to school …
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Southwest Arkansas Radio Radio Stations KMTB, KNAS and KBHC in Nashville, Arkansas
