1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) The Democratic Party of Arkansas and the NAACP Arkansas State Conference are calling for a review of state police’s use-of-force policy after a video released over the weekend showed an officer pulling a man by his dreadlocks and punching him…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (163+ words) The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for its next class of inductees. The hall honors Arkansans who have made significant contributions to agriculture, the state’s largest industry, and to its economic development. Since the first class was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (849+ words) Baxter Health will receive nearly $19.8 million through Arkansas’ new rural health grant program, more than any other single organization in the state’s first round of awards. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced $149.3 million in Rural Health Transformation Program grants on Aug....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) Two candidates are seeking to fill the vacancy left by Republican Rep. Austin McCollum’s resignation following domestic violence charges this month. Republican Kara Armas of Pea Ridge and Democrat Parker Stohlton of Bella Vista filed by the noon deadline Friday…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (153+ words) Pattsy Smith was crowned Miss Hiram Shaddox 2026 at a pageant held for residents of Hiram Shaddox Health & Rehab in Mountain Home. Ellen Dearin was named runner-up and Billie Anne Brister was second runner-up. The contestants had been getting ready for…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (734+ words) Money from the sale of the old Baxter County Health Department building is headed into the county’s coroner’s building project. An ordinance on the Quorum Court’s Sept. 1 agenda would appropriate $215,000 from the Coroner’s Building Revenue Fund into the project’s 2026 budget,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (489+ words) The head of Arkansas State Police said Monday he would be unable to appear before the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus to discuss a state trooper punching an 18-year-old during a traffic stop because of pending litigation. Col. Mike Hagar had…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (285+ words) The Vada Sheid Community Development Center is asking the Twin Lakes Area to tune in Thursday, when the woman it is named for joins the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame. Sheid, who died in 2008, was the first woman to serve…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) Arkansas has a new state fire marshal, an office whose work reaches into every city and county in the state, including Baxter County. The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management announced Monday that Director A.J. Gary had appointed John Hogue to the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (267+ words) The number of Arkansas communities rejecting or imposing new limits on data centers is growing faster than the list of places considering such projects publicly. Madison County joined four other counties in passing a three-year moratorium on data center projects…...