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Tax board looks at protecting investment in Horizon Foods
Local Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:44pmProtecting a $329,000 investment in equipment for the now-closed Horizon Foods plant was a major topic of discussion Tuesday when the Economic Development Corp. of Jefferson County met.
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PB board approves upgrade of audio-visual system
Local Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 10:01pmThe Pine Bluff School District Board of Directors voted Tuesday evening to accept a bid of $23,906 from Video Reality of Conway, Ark. to provide a new audio visual system for the administration...
BLOOD BROTHERS AND SISTERS Heroes and friends compete in annual effort
Local Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 9:39pmPolice officers and firefighters took time out Tuesday afternoon and evening to help one another and others with a friendly competition in which there’s no telling how many winners there will be...
Private option debate could get a second life
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 9:00pmThe debate over the “private option” health care expansion was by far the most hotly debated issue in the recent state legislative session. In the end, about 80 percent of lawmakers from both...
Birth control without the middleman
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 9:00pmWe all know that every day, people in Mexico come across the border in pursuit of something they can’t find in their country. What you may not know is that every day, people in the United States...
Anti-tax conservatives slam Womack’s Internet sales tax bill
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:37pmWASHINGTON — Anti-tax advocates stood outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday and slammed legislation sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, to require out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax...
Report gives Arkansas C’s for manufacturing, logistics
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:32pmLITTLE ROCK — A new report that grades states on the economic environments they offer for manufacturing and logistics gives Arkansas a C in both categories.
The 2013 Manufacturing and...
Widow to serve for fallen Scott County sheriff
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:30pmWALDRON — The widow of the Scott County sheriff who was killed during flooding in western Arkansas last month was sworn in Tuesday to serve out the remainder of...
Suspect accused of break-in, threats
Police and Fire Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:28pmA $100,000 bond was set Tuesday for a man who allegedly broke into a house in central Pine Bluff Saturday afternoon and threatened to kill the occupants.
Jefferson County Judge Kim...
Walton Family Foundation awards $1.3 million in education grants
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:28pm
LITTLE ROCK — The Walton Family Foundation on Tuesday awarded $1.3 million in grants to two organizations seeking to improve the quality of public...
