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Every May, our nation commemorates those who have died while serving in our armed forces on Memorial Day. In our local community the Rapert-Poyner Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8347 has a short ceremony every year and they place flags on deceased veterans’ graves in community cemeteries.

Monday is Memorial Day, and this week, hundreds of volunteers are placing an American flag in front of every gravestone in each of Arkansas’s five military cemeteries. We observe Memorial Day, which began shortly after the end of the Civil War, to honor the memory of those who died in service to the United States.

Conway - Arkansas Boys State, the civic engagement and leadership program that has produced alumni such as Pres. Bill Clinton and Sen. Tom Cotton, kicks off its 2022 session Sunday, May 29 and runs through Friday, June 3.

Bentonville - The nonpartisan organization Common Ground Arkansas has developed an online Early Voting Locator tool to help voters quickly find their nearest polling locations and hours of operation. The tool is an interactive map based on the voter’s location or an address the user inputs.

ServSafe has been the industry standard since 1919 in training millions of people how to receive, store, prepare, and serve food safely. Through the Cooperative Extension Service, we offer training and certifications for ServSafe Manager, and ServSafe Instructor & Proctor programs. The Arkansas Department of Health is now requiring each food service facility to have at least one supervisory employee who has Certified Food Manager training.

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today unanimously approved a package of regulations changes that included the adoption of a new waterfowl season structure, beginning with the 2023-24 seasons.