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Governor’s appointments
Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas
Feb 01Gov. Mike Beebe has made these appointments, he announced Monday: Benny Magness, Gassville, reappointed to the Board of Corrections for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2018. »
Two Baxter County Girls Accused of Convenience Store Break-in
Arkansas Matters News
Jan 30Teens arrested at the scene of former Frost-Eez in Mountain Home. »
Mountain Home murder trial delayed
NWA Online - News
Jan 20A judge has granted a delay in the trial of a 40-year-old Tennessee man accused of killing his stepfather, a well-known Mountain Home doctor. »
Today’s radar speed checks
Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas
Jan 16Little Rock and North Little Rock police, and the Pulaski County sheriff’s office will use radar to detect speeding at these locations. Police and sheriff’s deputies may conduct radar checks in other locations as well. Little Rock: Mabelvale Cutoff Nor... »
Woman Finds Car Stolen and Wrecked in Baxter County
Arkansas Matters News
Jan 10The discovery was made after leaving her keys inside her Jeep. Deputies have 31 year old man in custody for the crime. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
State issue rules on religion in publicly-financed daycare
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Jan 23NEW RULE ON RELIGION: Under a newly proposed state rule, state Rep. Justin Harris could no longer provide Bible instruction, at least during the seven-hour state school day, at his West Fork pre-school. The Arkansas Department of Human Services has pro... »
Closings predicted in Corps recreation areas
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Jan 16GREERS FERRY LAKE: It's one of the places with popular Corps of Engineers parks that could be on the chopping block. A reliable source says federal budget tightening will surface in an obvious way in Arkansas later this week. He said an announcement is... »
Boat Maker Move To Add 25 Jobs in Mountain Home
Arkansas News Political Buzz
Dec 19It looks like another boat maker may come to Arkansas. Thanks to a reader for directing us to an article in the Baxter Bulletin, which notes that BassCat Boats has acquired Wausau, Wisc.-based Yar-Craft Boats. Yar-Craft makes boats designed for walleye... »
Church and state in Arkansas
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Dec 15UNASHAMED — AND NOT ALONE: A group that works for separation of church and state is adding another legislator's church school to its complaint about taxpayer support of religious instruction at Growing God's Kingdom. Is the state of Arkansas ever going... »
Arkansan sprayed in Oregon protest
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Nov 21An article in the Oregonian identifies a young woman who caught a face full of pepper spray from Portland police during an Occupy Portland demonstration Nov. 17 as Liz Nichols of Mountain Home (though the article also says Mountain Home has a populatio... »