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Workload on teachers rising
Editorials Comments Updated: Dec 24, 2012 8:08amOur View
We admire school teachers. The good ones put in many more hours than their contracts call for and honestly love their students. They view their career choice as a calling.
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Schools beef up security details
Editorials Comments Updated: Dec 17, 2012 3:14pmThe decisions to provide a higher police profile on White Hall School District campuses this week were wise moves by district and law enforcement officials in the wake of a shooting massacre at an...
Pace increases for city officials
Editorials Comments Updated: Dec 10, 2012 9:35amOur View
If elected municipal officials in White Hall and Redfield appear more hard-pressed than usual during the upcoming year, residents might keep in mind they are facing agendas moving...
Meeting may calm rumors
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 26, 2012 1:12pmThe rumor mill has kicked into high gear on the proposal to close Redfield Middle School. Some of the observations we have heard tossed around lack some credibility,
However, when you are...
Fall means safety rules
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 19, 2012 2:50pmA house fire at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Poplar Street in Pine Bluff early Friday morning resulted in the death of a 30-year-old woman and a three-year-old child.
We won’t know...
Time to rethink the initiatives
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 12, 2012 8:05amOur View
Did you notice at the end of Tuesday’s general election ballot a long list of “issues” for Arkansans to consider at the polls? If they had been offered as “propositions” we might...
Our View Increase sites for early voting
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 05, 2012 1:05pmAn estimated 10,000 early voting ballots were cast through Saturday at the Jefferson County Courthouse. A veteran county election official projected the number of voters casting early ballots...
Tap Tom Cotton’s D.C. experience
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 29, 2012 12:04pmWith four candidates in the race to represent the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas and no incumbent on the ballot, we familiarized ourselves with the four before reaching a decision that...
General election voting has begun
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:09amOur View
The Nov. 6 general election may be 13 days away, but early voting has begun. The ballot includes races for Jefferson County judge, sheriff, in addition to issues on a sales tax...
Road bonds make sense
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:05amDo you get the feeling now and then that sections of the state highways and interstates in Arkansas resemble a bolt of corduroy cloth with hundreds of ridges designed to keep the front end of your...