Dierks High School will welcome around 250 students next week for the 2019-2020 school year. Chad Lites is the new high school principal and says that the staff will be implementing initiatives to better align curriculum. “We are implementing professional learning communities this year to better align curriculum among teachers …
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Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced that $8.24 million has been provided to the Secretary of State’s Office to allow Arkansas counties to improve voting equipment, programming, and maintenance. The funds were transferred from the Property Tax Relief Fund to the Secretary of State’s Office, which will issue the funds through …
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The Arkansas State Highway Commission has approved a bid for improvements to roadways in Howard County, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials. The purpose of this project is to resurface 1.6 miles of selected sections of various city streets in Mineral Springs to include Crawford Street, Holcomb Street, …
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By U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) Growing up in rural Arkansas, I’ve seen how important local pharmacies are to their communities. These pharmacies provide so much more than prescriptions – they often stock everything from soap to socks. Large-scale chain pharmacies just don’t have the same appeal and can’t offer …
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Nashville Rural Water Authority Manager Ryan Stuckey says flood damage estimates will be around $45,000 each in Howard County and Hempstead County. He estimates about 100,000 gallons of water was lost in the green plains area and 520,000 gallons at an Ozan creek crossing. Service has been restored to all …
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Upon request by local business leaders, Southwest Arkansas Telephone has decided to extend fiber optic cable from Washington to Nashville’s business district. Fiber services will provide from 100 Mb/sec to 10 Gb/sec high-speed internet with no data overage charges or what is commonly called “data caps”. Local and Long Distance …
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Nashville Primary School has added a few minutes of extra recess time for students this new school year to comply with new laws passed by the state legislature. Act 641 ensures that elementary schools provide 40 minutes of recess for students. Act 629 allows school districts to hire certified law …
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Nashville Mayor Billy Ray Jones has submitted a $1,400,000 flood damage expense estimate to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson for review. The next step will be for the governor to declare the area a disaster, in order for state funds to become available. Mayor Jones says a large expense to the …
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As The CALL mobilizes churches in Arkansas to assist foster children, several individuals and organizations continue to donate towards the effort. The CALL in Hempstead and Nevada Counties launched in October and trained their first family earlier this month to offer a foster home near Nashville. The First United Methodist …
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On July 29, 2019, a Howard County, Arkansas jury took only twenty (20) minutes to find forty-eight (48) year old Orlando A. Dominguez, of Mineral Springs, Arkansas, guilty of three (3) counts of Rape of victims under the age of Fourteen (14) years. The Howard County Sheriff’s Department began investigating …
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