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UAPB facing cuts, possible layoffs after less-than-requested tuition increase

Updated: May 22, 2013 10:36pm

LITTLE ROCK — A lower than anticipated tuition-hike recommendation will force some budget cuts and possibly layoffs, the interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff said...

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<p>The Pine Bluff City Council meets Monday night at the civic complex. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Amended public nuisance measure passes

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:42pm

A proposed ordinance providing a penalty for failure to abate a property declared by the city as a public nuisance was approved in a split vote Monday night after being amended by the Pine Bluff...

Council OKs revamped parks commission

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:43pm

The Pine Bluff Parks and Recreation Commission was expanded from five to nine members in a unanimous decision by the city council Monday night.

The realignment ordinance was introduced at...

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Formal charges filed in March shooting death

Updated: May 20, 2013 8:39pm

Formal charges have been filed against a teenager in the March shooting death of a 21-year-old man.

Prosecuting Attorney S. Kyle Hunter charged Curtis Ladd Jr., 16, as an adult with first-...

Severe weather possible in SE Arkansas

Updated: May 20, 2013 8:41pm

There is a slight risk of severe weather Tuesday in Southeast Arkansas as a storm system that has rocked Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas continues to grow and move to the east and northeast.

The...

New charter school remains on track despite obstacles

Updated: May 20, 2013 8:01pm

Quest Middle School of Pine Bluff remains on schedule to welcome several hundred fifth- through eighth-graders through its doors as an open enrollment charter school this August thanks to the...

Gould city attorney asks judge to dismiss Barley-Gibson lawsuit

Updated: May 20, 2013 5:21pm

Gould City Attorney Gene E. McKissic is asking a circuit court judge to dismiss a lawsuit from former Gould Recorder-Treasurer Pamela Barley-Gibson that seeks back pay as well as compensatory and...

Council facing lengthy Monday night agenda

Updated: May 18, 2013 6:38pm

The Pine Bluff City Council faces a lengthy agenda at its Monday night meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in the civic center’s council chambers.

Twelve ordinances and nine resolutions will be...

PBHS Graduation

Updated: May 17, 2013 8:33pm

Pine Bluff High School Principal Michael Nellums speaks during Pine Bluff High School graduation Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)

<p>Joe Lott stands shirtless in the sun near his docked raft at Trulock Park on the Arkansas River. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey</p>

EASY RIDER River traveler en route to Gulf in homemade raft

Updated: May 17, 2013 10:44pm

“The river is within us. The sea is all about us.”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

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Mays proposes 3 percent ‘privilege fee’ for non-resident city employees

Updated: May 17, 2013 7:20pm

Alderman Steven Mays, who is sponsoring proposed legislation calling for the “grandfathering “ of current Pine Bluff department heads on a new requirement that they reside within 12 miles of the...

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