The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Education Service will be hosting the first ever 2022 GI Bill® Summit virtually on Thursday, April 14, and you are invited to attend.
Little Rock - Lesley Roberts of Little Rock, Ark., has been named regional development director for Arkansas Community Foundation. “Lesley brings 20 years of development experience to our Foundation,” said Heather Larkin, Community Foundation president and CEO.
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce the Harvest of the Season promotional program, a free educational campaign that includes materials for schools to feature locally grown products in their cafeterias.
Little Rock – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is accepting Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) renewal applications through April 15. During the first half of the fifth year of the existing contract term, NRCS may allow a participant to apply and compete to renew their contract for an additional 5-year period. NRCS is mailing contract renewal notification letters to all participants whose contracts expire in 2022. These letters contain instructions on how to apply for CSP renewal.
Tony Todaro has announced he is a candidate for Marion County Treasurer. Todaro was appointed Collector unanimously by the Marion County Quorum Court in January to complete the remaining year of the former collector’s term. In just two short months the Collector’s office has cut wasteful spending and updating office practices to make it more efficient.
With a full quorum of the Yellville City Council and city mayor Shawn Lane, the minutes of last month’s meeting were approved as read. The mayor announced there was no old business or new business on the agenda, but he did bring up the article on page four of the Mountaineer Echo by Sam Cooke dealing with Yellville and Flippin and the response on page 8 in the same issue of the legal notices.
Little Rock– Even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which included a series of powerful cyber-attacks on the Ukrainian digital infrastructure, the United States was susceptible to devious state sponsored cyberwarfare. SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline are two well documented examples.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, continues his leadership and advocacy for Arkansas veterans as they pursue updates to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and services.