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Court: Searcy County sheriff ineligible to hold office

Updated: May 23, 2013 6:26pm

LITTLE ROCK — The Searcy County sheriff is not eligible to hold office because of a 1979 misdemeanor theft conviction, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The state’s highest court...

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An ecological lifesaver: Grassed waterways

Updated: May 14, 2013 8:32pm

Many landowners are interested in preserving the wildlife on their land. The water quality of the runoff flowing from their acreage is also a matter of concern for landowners.

“Fortunately...

16 charged in Arkansas in connection with alleged Mexican drug cartel

Updated: May 14, 2013 8:09pm

LITTLE ROCK — Sixteen people, including alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel that federal authorities say shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into Arkansas and other states, are named in...

<p>The Magazine Mountain shagreen snail is the first invertebrate to be removed from the federal Endangered Species List. (Photo courtesy Trey Reid, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission)</p>

Arkansas snail first invertebrate removed from endangered list

Updated: May 14, 2013 6:28pm

LITTLE ROCK — A tiny, dusky brown or buff-colored terrestrial snail found only on Magazine Mountain in Logan County is the first invertebrate to be removed from a list of the nation’s most...

Wheat growers should hold that itchy sprayer finger

Updated: May 14, 2013 6:17pm

LONOKE, Ark. — Yes, those are stink bugs in your wheat field. No, you probably shouldn’t start spraying just yet.

That’s the assessment of Gus Lorenz, extension entomologist for the...

Rain-delayed growers make late-inning rally to plant crops

Updated: May 14, 2013 5:53pm

Arkansas’ cotton, rice and corn growers are making a late-inning rally after a spring-long rain-and-cold delay that kept them from planting their crops.

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Blast at gun powder distributor injures worker

Updated: May 14, 2013 5:47pm

CLARKSVILLE — One person suffered severe burns Tuesday in an explosion at a gunpowder distributor in rural Johnson County, authorities said.

Investigators from the Little Rock office of the...

Boozman backs 2013 Senate farm bill

Updated: May 14, 2013 4:54pm

WASHINGTON — Unlike a year ago, Arkansas Sen. John Boozman supported a five-year farm bill that cleared the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday with additional help for southern rice and...

Arkansas to get $5 million in settlement with drug maker

Updated: May 14, 2013 4:13pm

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ Medicaid program will receive more $5 million in a settlement with an India-based drug manufacturer that was accused of introducing low-quality drugs into the U.S. market,...

GOP lawmaker Hobbs to run for governor

Updated: May 13, 2013 9:47pm

ROGERS — State Rep. Debra Hobbs, R-Rogers, said Monday she plans to run for governor next year, joining a growing field of Republicans with designs on working with a GOP-controlled Legislature....

Board OKs merger of two districts, removes district from fiscal distress

Updated: May 13, 2013 4:24pm

LITTLE ROCK — The state Board of Education on Monday approved the voluntary annexation of the Bradley School District to the Emerson-Taylor School District in southwestern Arkansas and removed the...

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