On Monday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary Hugh McDonald, and Cody Waits, Director of Arkansas Workforce Connection, announced more than $20 million in training grants to support the development of the nursing profession in Arkansas.
Cited as the top priority of Missouri Republican lawmakers, a hotly debated resolution to toughen the initiative petition process is set for deliberation in the Senate on Monday, just five days before the session’s close.
On Monday at a local ceremony, Victoria Dut of Fox Meadow School of Creative Media was honored with the D.A.R.E. Top Essay Award, highlighting her standout composition among over 1,300 students.
Arkansas state and local enforcement officers are joining the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in urging drivers to buckle up ahead of the national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort.
After the former mayor’s passing in December, the city announced it would hold a special election in May to elect a mayor to finish Keith Sutton’s term.
The Missouri Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 30 from 4-6 p.m. to discuss the proposed replacement of the Route 62 bridge over the St. Francis River.
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home and Baxter Health received a grant in the amount of $625,175 on Monday, May 13, through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the Arkansas Linking Industry to Grow Nurses Program.
Catherine Frans, a graduate of Arkansas State University-Newport, has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Greene County District Judge Daniel Stidham found probable cause existed to arrest William Derby, 43, of Paragould, on one count of rape and one count of second-degree sexual assault.