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Interstate 530 traffic shift will affect commuters
Region Comments Updated: Apr 08, 2013 3:18pmMotorists traveling on Interstate 530 between Pine Bluff and Little Rock will need to add a few additional minutes of travel time to their commute beginning Friday morning.
The Arkansas...
County fares poorly in regional health study
Region Comments Updated: Apr 02, 2013 7:53pmJefferson County residents are dying earlier than their counterparts in the rest of Arkansas, according to health data released by the Delta Regional Authority on Tuesday.
The research by...
Woodlawn HS students team up with Cleveland County 1st responders to dramatize effects of impaired driving
Region Comments Updated: Mar 29, 2013 12:21amA remarkable thing happened at Woodlawn High School in Cleveland County on Friday morning.
At least it would likely seem to be remarkable to the casual observer that a group of high school...
Monticello breaks ground on rail spur
Region Comments Updated: Mar 27, 2013 3:33pmMONTICELLO — Ground was broken here Tuesday on a project to extend a railroad spur into the Monticello Economic Development Industrial Park.
Officials with the Delta Regional Authority and...
Bill for program to send poor kids to private schools stalls
Region Comments Updated: Mar 20, 2013 6:56pmLITTLE ROCK — Legislation proposing a tax break for contributions to a program set up to pay for some public school students to attend private school in Arkansas stalled in a Senate panel...
Panel endorses bill to ban sales of e-cigarettes to minors
Region Comments Updated: Mar 20, 2013 4:21pmLITTLE ROCK — The House Rules Committee endorsed legislation Wednesday that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
House Bill 1398 by Rep. Greg Leding, D-Fayetteville, also would...
White Hall City Council approves mosquito control measures
Region Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2013 1:48pmThe White Hall City Council voted Monday night to approve the expenditure of just under $30,000 for the purchase of a pesticide for use during the summer months in the municipal mosquito abatement...
Former parks director remembered as a hard worker, genuine ‘nice guy’
Region Comments Updated: Feb 11, 2013 9:12pmMichael G. Drewett of Sherrill passed away Feb. 8 at the age of 60. He left behind family and friends who universally remembered as one of the kindest and most positive people to be found anywhere...
Miss Arkansas 2012 a local lady with heart
Region Comments Updated: Feb 09, 2013 12:35amSloane Roberts of Rison was crowned Miss Arkansas 2012 at the 75th annual Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant July 14 in Hot Springs.
Now 20, Roberts was still a teenager when she made her...
Central Moloney prepares for layoffs
Region Comments Updated: Feb 07, 2013 8:15pmCentral Moloney Inc. is preparing to lay off up to 80 hourly employees at its Pine Bluff facilities because of a drop in customer demand according to Chris Hart, the company’s vice president for...