LITTLE ROCK, AR – On March 15 & 16, landowners, farmers, ranchers, and those who serve agriculture throughout the state will gather for the 16th Arkansas Women in Agriculture Conference at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Little Rock. Online registration for attendees and vendors is available at arwomeninag.org
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement in response to the State of the Union address: “Hardworking Arkansans are worried about paying bills, putting food on the table and the price of gasoline.
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Food and Nutrition Services joined Mayor Jerry Jackson and Interim CEO and President; Sammie Cribbs as the Mayor proclaimed “National Nutrition Month” in Harrison for the month of March.
Little Rock- Aditi Shashidhara of Benton County is the winner of the 2022 Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas State Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old Haas Hall of Bentonville student is the daughter of Ramya and Eswaraiah Shashidhara.
March is Woman’s History Month. Here is how it all began. The celebratory month has its roots in the socialist and labor movements. The first Women’s Day took place on Feb. 28, 1909, in New York City, as a national observance organized by the Socialist Party.
Parsippany, NJ - CherryRoad Media Inc. announced today it has purchased nine newspapers from Rust Communications, Inc. The newspapers are published in Arkansas and Missouri. Cribb, Cope & Potts, the oldest newspaper, and publication brokerage in the United States, represented Rust Communications in the transaction. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. This marks the latest acquisition for CherryRoad Media, which entered the newspaper industry in late 2020 with the purchase of the weekly Cook County (MN) News-Herald. It has since acquired fifty-two other titles, including four in Arkansas and four in Missouri, as well as two start up newspapers in Minnesota.
Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced she is allocating $500,000 to the Law Enforcement Family Relief Trust Fund. The fund, established in Act 765 of 2021 under the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, is designated for families of fallen officers who are killed in the line of duty or those who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Big Creek Golf & Country Club is undertaking a major kitchen remodel and expansion of the cooking areas. Chef John Kellogg has ordered a much larger, 10-burner Vulcan Range, a new char broiler, and new countertop griddles and fryers. This equipment was delivered last week. We also have a brandnew 10’X12’ walk-in freezer that was delivered last week.
At NARMC, we are dedicated to providing our patients with outstanding care. Our surgeons perform the latest surgical techniques and are skilled in the use of new and innovative technologies, including those used in minimally invasive procedures. This is precisely why we are proud to announce that NARMC has invested in six Stryker’s 1688 Advanced Imaging Modalities (AIM) 4K Platforms thanks in part to contributions from the North Arkansas Medical Foundation and NARMC.
ARLINGTON, Texas – The world’s No. 1 bull rider, Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York), put up two 90-point rides inside AT&T Stadium Saturday night, leading Team USA Eagles to defend home soil and repeat as PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Global Cup Champion, winning the 2022 PBR Global Cup USA, presented by Monster Energy.