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Mayor vetoes police division’s move to former armory

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 8:12pm

Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth on Tuesday vetoed an ordinance directing a move of the police department’s patrol division from its current Commerce Road warehouse location to the old Army...

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Council merges animal control into police department

Updated: Jun 04, 2013 12:44pm

The Pine Bluff City Council voted Monday night to bring the city’s formerly independent animal control department under the supervision of the police department.

The recommendation — co-...

Master Gardeners

Updated: Jun 03, 2013 8:54pm

Gerald Andrews helps lay out food during the Master Gardener monthly meeting and annual picnic Monday at the Waterfront Facility at Regional Park. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)

Local jobless numbers improve in April

Updated: Jun 03, 2013 7:52pm

Data released by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services on May 29 show that the Pine Bluff unemployment rate for the month of April fell to 10.4 percent from the March reading of 11.7...

Mayor suggests mall as location for police patrol division

Updated: Jun 03, 2013 8:25pm

As the Pine Bluff City Council considers an ordinance calling for the police department’ patrol division to move into the vacant National Guard Armory on the north side of town, Mayor Debe...

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Elliott to seek Democratic nomination to state House

Updated: Jun 01, 2013 6:20pm

Former Arkansas State Rep. Efrem Elliott has announced that he will seek the 2014 Democratic nomination for the District 16 House seat will be vacated by Rep. James Word of Pine Bluff.

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Local Salvation Army captain recounts Oklahoma relief trip

Updated: Jun 01, 2013 6:08pm

Salvation Army Captain David Robinson of Pine Bluff provided aid to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and has been on scene at any number of other natural disasters, but the aftermath...

Residency proposal highlights council agenda

Updated: Jun 01, 2013 6:02pm

Nine items — eight ordinances and a resolution — await the Pine Bluff City Council at its Monday night meeting in the civic center’s council chambers.

Only one ordinance is due for a third...

<p>William Nerdin with Cuerden Sign Co. installs a new sign for Relyance Bank on Friday at its main branch on Poplar Street in Pine Bluff. Relyance Bank is the new name of the former Pine Bluff National Bank. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Pine Bluff National Bank is now Relyance Bank

Updated: May 31, 2013 7:24pm

Pine Bluff National Bank became Relyance Bank ON Friday but the only thing that has changed is the name.

Relyance Bank President and CEO Chuck Morgan emphasized this point during a Friday...

Mayor opposes police move to armory

Updated: May 31, 2013 8:20pm

Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth said Friday that she opposes the moving of the police department’s patrol division to the former Army Reserve/National Guard armory at 1000 North Myrtle St.,...

<p>University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff professor Yong Park looks at a screen covered with honeybees. Park keeps the bees on the UAPB campus, where he hopes to get more students interested in beekeeping. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Abuzz about bees UAPB professor shares knowledge

Updated: May 31, 2013 8:27pm

Yong Park, a professor of entomology at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, grew up in the Republic of Korea not far from the demilitarized zone that separates the country from its communist...

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