Justices of the peace gave their approval Thursday for the Lonoke County judge to close a sale of land with a fellow justice.

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In a tight economy, local nonprofit organizations should consider consolidating their services, and in some instances merge, leaders of the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation said.

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An organizer of a Saturday night basketball clinic wasn’t about to let the felony arrest of key participant Alvin Robertson spoil his long-planned event for children.

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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1910 HOPE — The rice industry, which has received a strong forward movement in Arkansas within the past few years, will be developed in this section this year.

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An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, shattering major bridges and highways across a long swath of the country, and sending tsunami warnings along the entire Pacific basin.

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Tsunami waves arrived in Hawaii on Saturday afternoon, as predicted, causing erratic surges in the sea, but the rising water did not appear to cause significant property damage, officials said, and a tsunami warning was canceled. Late Saturday, the waves continued on to Alaska and parts of Asia.

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Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled city of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan’s dangerous south.

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Some local building industry professionals feel a new federal rule regulating the removal of lead-based paint in homes will bring economic disaster with it.

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Five players scored in double digits as UAFS closed the season with a 81-65 win against St. Mary’s (Texas).

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Van Buren boys basketball coach Randy Loyd is enjoying the best of both worlds — a good team and a new arena.

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