In Arkansas, 2011 was a year of record flooding and searing heat, a busy and deadly tornado season and a slow recovery from national economic woes. However, our agricultural industry has rebounded after those floods, we continue to rebuild and recover from the storms, and Arkansas remains one of only four states to make [...]

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I had an interesting discussion today at lunch with my extended family about whether the Iowa Caucus coming up this Tuesday even matters.  My column this week for the Arkansas News Bureau pretty much argues that it does not.  I would love to see major changes made to the primary calendar, but of course I [...]

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FORREST CITY — The Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. factory in Forrest City is moving more of its operations to other cities.

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LITTLE ROCK — State officials no longer expect to see a shortfall in the state Medicaid budget in the next fiscal year, though a shortfall of "hundreds of millions of dollars" still looms for fiscal 2014, Gov. Mike Beebe said today.

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I had an interesting discussion today at lunch with my extended family about whether the Iowa Caucus coming up this Tuesday even matters.  My column this week for the Arkansas News Bureau pretty much argues that it does not.  I would love to see major changes made to the primary calendar, but of course I [...]

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FORT SMITH — A Greenwood man has been arrested for allegedly driving a dump truck through a gate at the 188th Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith Regional Airport and onto the airport tarmac.

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Logan County has paid half of what it owes various taxing entities in the county, the largest amount to school districts, according to County Treasurer Mickey Oates.

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The Booneville City Council approved the 2012 budget and salary schedule when it met last week.

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A horse removed from a local pasture on Dec. 22 because it was apparently malnourished had to be put down on Dec. 26.

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The public dispute between Booneville Community Hospital and a surgeon formerly employed by the hospital continued during last week’s Booneville City Council meeting.

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