Kenneth Heard

Grant funds ‘smart grid’ in city

Woodruff Electric Cooperative will receive a $2.3 million federal grant to install an advanced two-way metering system, Carl Horton, vice president of the cooperative’s member services, said Tuesday.
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White River refuge shut to hunters after flooding

Flooding has caused the closure of several deer-hunting areas in the state.
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Ex-officer now out to scare up ghosts

Doug Cousins sat quietly in the darkened building with his digital camera and waited. His video cameras and tape recorders were rolling, hoping to capture evidence of an intruder.
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4 die as storm soaks, whips state

Damage widespread; rescuers pull scores from rising water

At least four Arkansans died during a storm that produced devastating winds and torrential rains across the state Thursday and Friday, flooding homes, damaging structures and knocking out power to thousands.
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Wind, rain batter state, force rescues

Rising waters swamp roads, homes in central Arkansas

Severe storms that produced high winds, heavy rains and reports of possible tornadoes hit southern Arkansas on Thursday, damaging at least a dozen homes and buildings, uprooting trees and downing electrical lines.
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20 counties up for disaster aid

Governor issues declaration for rain-soaked areas of state

Twenty Arkansas counties battered by storms and rains in October are now eligible for state aid to make repairs after Gov. Mike Beebe’s state disaster declaration issued Tuesday.
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Airports in Highfill, Jonesboro get grants

The Jonesboro Municipal Airport will resurface a taxiway running along its busiest runway with $338,000 in federal stimulus funds, airport manager Philip Steed said Monday.
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Business facility dedicated at ASU

It’s touted as Delta region beacon

A $6.6 million Arkansas State University business center that opens next month will link the College of Business with its engineering and science departments in recruiting jobs and promoting new industry in the economically beleaguered Delta, officials said Thursday.
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Most of state comes up for air as rains move out, flooding ebbs

Heavy rains that have deluged Arkansas and flooded creeks and rivers this week exited all but the southern part of the state.
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First lady stressing clean hands

Jonesboro presentation shows children how to stem spread of germs

As University Heights Elementary School students entered the school’s cafeteria Tuesday morning to watch a demonstration on proper hand-washing techniques, a young boy reached down and pulled something off his shoe.
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