Very hot, dry weather in July and August dangerously has stressed many of the area’s trees.

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Tourism professionals on both sides of the river noticed a boost in hospitality revenues in June thanks to a conference by the Jehovah’s Witnesses that spanned four long weekends at the Fort Smith Con

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LITTLE ROCK — Photos, letters and notes between constituents and elected officials tell a collective story of Arkansas’ past, but records grow bulky and archivists commonly face a lack of personnel, money and space.

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Reading my blog over the past year is an interesting chronicle of a disenchanted Huckabee supporter.  But even I believed there was a level to which Huckabee would not go.  He has now crossed that level in pursuit of the almighty dollar. Last week on his show, he had Noel Biderman on to discuss a popular [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said Monday he hasn’t decided on a starter at running back for Saturday’s opener against Tennessee Tech in Razorback Stadium. But did junior Broderick Green take a leg up on the rest of the competition with his performance in last Friday’s mock game in [...]

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WALDRON — After 2 1/2 hours of deliberation today, a Scott County jury found Clifford Mac Ritter guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.

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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans should have little trouble deciding whether to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right, but officials say raising interest rates may be hard to swallow in a struggling

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Greenwood Police Chief Keith Jackson is admired by colleagues for bringing progress to his police department and graduating from the FBI National Academy, but Jackson wants to achieve more.

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A small army of volunteers is scheduled to gather in Mena later this week as the New York Says Thank You Foundation teams with the Polk County Long-Term Recovery Team for a weekend of rebuilding.

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Predictions that the 918 area code will run out of numbers by the end of 2012 have led to a plan to overlay a new area code – 539 - over part the 918 area.

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