Noel E. Oman
General assignment/Transportation reporter
General assignment/Transportation reporter
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Recent Stories by Noel E. Oman
Warplane’s future up in the air
posted: 05/20/2013 4:11 a.m. Discuss
Depending on whom you ask, the aging cargo plane parked on the ramp at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport for more than a half-dozen years is either a dangerous eyesore or a flying legend.
FBI arrests Shoffner; hearing set
posted: 05/19/2013 4:53 a.m. Comments 4
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was being held in the Pulaski County jail late Saturday after being arrested earlier in the day by the FBI.
Airport audit finds ledger in a muddle
posted: 05/18/2013 5:17 a.m. Discuss
The state’s largest airport continues to struggle to modernize its financial system.
LR airport staff recommends law firm
posted: 05/16/2013 5:03 a.m. Comments 2
The private law firm that has been working for the state’s largest airport since 2007 will remain under contract for up to an additional six years if the airport staff has its way.
Urging raises, sheriff says low pay drains ranks
posted: 05/15/2013 5:15 a.m. Comments 2
The trickle of Pulaski County sheriff ’s deputies leaving for more lucrative jobs at other law enforcement agencies threatens to become a flood if the county doesn’t boost their pay, the county’s top lawman said Tuesday.
Fliers for fun have new options
posted: 05/13/2013 1:59 a.m. Discuss
The limited liability protection Arkansas landowners enjoy against someone who hunts or fishes on their property now includes people who might land on their property in an airplane.
2 state airports’ towers stay open
posted: 05/11/2013 5:02 a.m. Discuss
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday that all 149 privately operated air traffic control towers at small airports in the United States, including two in Arkansas, will remain open until Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year.
Rockefeller Institute CEO resigning
posted: 05/10/2013 5:03 a.m. Discuss
Christy Carpenter announced her resignation as chief executive officer of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Thursday after two years heading an organization that focuses on regional, national and international issues through seminars, lectures and conferences.
I-40 overpass damaged in crash nearly repaired
posted: 05/09/2013 4:56 a.m. Discuss
State highway crews have all but wrapped up the repair of an Interstate 40 overpass in North Little Rock that was heavily damaged two months ago by a fiery heavy-truck crash that claimed the life of the truck driver.
Cuts threaten weather vigils
posted: 05/06/2013 12:48 a.m. Comment 1
Weather observers, who have been a fixture at the state’s largest airport since at least the end of World War II, loom as the next aviation casualty of federal budget cuts.
