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NPR Tiny Desk Contest returns to Little Rock with Arkansas Showcase, Jonesboro artist to be featured
Mix 106.3 - Arkansas
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Little Rock, AR – (Contributed) – Aug. 18, 2025 – Little Rock Public Radio, in collaboration with Arkansas NPR affiliate stations KUAF and KASU, will host the third annual NPR Tiny Desk Contest: Arkansas Showcase in October. This event shines a...
Invasive carp threaten Arkansas waterways, water species, and economy
KATV 7 - Arkansas
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Asian carp, an invasive species accidentally introduced into the Mississippi River Basin in the 1970s, have become a significant threat to Arkansas's aquatic ecosystems and economy. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission...
Dumas to serve as Arkansas ‘Capital for a Day’ tomorrow
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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August 18, 2025
DUMAS, Ark. — The City of Dumas in Desha County has been chosen by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders as the next Capital for a Day. That designation will take place tomorrow. Governor Sanders created the “Capital for a Day” program to...
AG Griffin preparing for social media summit, nitrogen gas lawsuit
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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August 19, 2025
Attorney General Tim Griffin has spent a lot of time in recent weeks with a spate of court rulings on everything from the 10 Commandments to a law affecting transgender youths. He’s anticipating giving more attention to a new lawsuit affecting the...
Judge Charles “Skip” Mooney, Jr. announces re-election bid for second judicial circuit seat
NEA Town Courier - Arkansas
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Judge Charles “Skip” Mooney, Jr. announces re-election bid for second judicial circuit seat Circuit Judge Skip Mooney, Jr. announced Monday he will seek re-election for a second term as Circuit Judge, Division 5, for the Second Judicial Circuit...
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith sees growth in first-year enrollment
KFSM - Arkansas
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Enrollment of first-year students at UAFS reached its highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic. FORT SMITH, Ark. — Enrollment at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS) has reached its highest level for first-year students since...
One in Three Businesses Are Planning To Hike Prices By Next Year
Newsweek
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August 18, 2025
Nearly one in three U.S. businesses said they expected to raise the prices they charged within six months, according to a new LendingTree report. This reflects a growing willingness among firms to pass higher input and import costs on to...
“Gotta be between Kentucky and Arkansas”: College hoops fans choose among Auburn, Alabama and more for best off-season team
Sportskeeda
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August 18, 2025
Kentucky, Arkansas, Auburn and Alabama led the debate as college basketball fans shared their opinions on which program had the best offseason. In an Instagram post from Field of 68 on Sunday, fans were asked to pick who had the best offseason,...
New A-State management seminar to feature prominent state business leaders
Mix 106.3 - Arkansas
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Jonesboro, AR – (Contributed) – Aug. 18, 2025 – Arkansas State University Chancellor Todd Shields and Neil Griffin College of Business Executive in Residence Heather Nelson are launching a new leadership and entrepreneurship course this semester,...
Peacock named finalist for 2025 Arkansas Executive of the Year
Mix 106.3 - Arkansas
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Jonesboro, AR – (Contributed) – Aug. 18, 2025 – Hytrol Conveyor Company announced its president, David Peacock, has been named a finalist in the Large Private Company category for the 2025 Arkansas Executive of the Year Awards, presented by...
Joe Biden threw open the border to rig the census — and elections for Democrats
New York Post
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August 18, 2025
We know that the Biden administration deliberately broke the border and ushered in over 20 million illegal aliens, at a huge cost to the nation’s social welfare system, and with a reckless disregard for potential criminality and terrorism. Exactly...
Arkansas attorney who represented mother in Hunter Biden paternity case accused of drug and domestic abuse, court records show
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Clint Lancaster -- a high-profile Arkansas attorney who helped litigate the contentious paternity case against Hunter Biden -- has been accused by his wife of substance abuse and domestic violence. Jennifer Lancaster, also a prominent attorney and...
Chaffee BoCC to Consider Various 2025 Election Ballot Questions and the County’s Lodging tax
Ark Valley Voice - Colorado
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August 18, 2025
The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) will meet in regular session beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 19 in the Chaffee County Public Safety Complex located at 200 Steele Drive, Buena Vista. The meeting is filled with potential...
Sanders names new member to Arkansas Board of Education
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed a new state Board of Education member who has worked as a consultant in higher education. The appointment of Aaron Abbott, 40, of Springdale, comes at a time when the state board is trying to help...
Arkansas firefighter may have been illegally fired for anti-abortion post, 8th Circuit holds
HR Dive
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August 18, 2025
Dive Brief: A Forrest City, Arkansas, firefighter who lost his job because he posted a “provocative,” anti-abortion image on his personal Facebook page will get to bring his First Amendment retaliation claim to a jury, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court...
CNU Legacy Projects bring free urban design to northwest Arkansas
KUAF - Arkansas
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Matthew Moore: The 34th Annual Congress for the New Urbanism will take place in northwest Arkansas May 12–16, 2026. One of the ways that CNU invests in the community that is hosting their annual conference is by providing pro bono design and...
The crust belt: Inside Little Rock’s unlikely rise as a pizza capital
Arkansas Times
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August 18, 2025
Little Rock is a pizza town. I knew it the first time I visited in 2015, when I sat on the top floor dining room of Damgoode Pies in Hillcrest (RIP) and had my first bite of a “stuffy” — a double-crusted pizza baked in a pan, sealed like a...
UAMS Nurse Anesthetist Program to Expand to Northwest Arkansas
UAMS
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August 18, 2025
View Larger Image Aug. 18, 2025 | Alice L. Walton Foundation, Washington Regional, Mercy, Heartland Whole Health Institute Collaborate with UAMS to Meet Regional Health Care Needs FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to visit Anderson for Biggs event
GoUpstate - South Carolina
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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders will headline Rep. Sheri Biggs' inaugural "Salute to Liberty" event in South Carolina. South Carolina's early primary status makes it a key stop for potential 2028 presidential candidates. Sanders is...
Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate Coordinator Dr. Misti Sharp Recognized for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Program at AAEA Annual Meeting
UF/IFAS
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August 18, 2025
From participating in her local high school’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) to receiving recognition by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) as a distinguished food and resource economics undergraduate teacher, Misti Sharp‘s...