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Officials in the River Valley are bracing for another round of freezing precipitation that may undo long days and nights of work to make roads and highways pas…
by Mike Jones , Tom Sissom February 2, 2023Illnesses and hospitalizations related to flu and covid-19 have declined statewide over the last few weeks, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
by Garrett Moore February 2, 2023The winter weather has closed the offices, warehouses and dining rooms of agencies regularly feeding the hungry in Northwest Arkansas.
by Laurinda Joenks February 2, 2023After the University of Arkansas basketball team started 1-5 in SEC play, losing any of the next three conference games at home wasn't an option.
by Bob Holt February 2, 2023After heavy criticism from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the College Board released Wednesday an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement …
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports February 2, 2023Tyre Nichols' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with anger over the brutal beating he endured at the h…
by AARON MORRISON and ADRIAN SAINZ The Associated Press February 2, 2023The FBI searched President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president's attorney s…
by ERIC TUCKER, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER The Associated Press February 2, 2023Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo's people to forgive those who committed "inhuman violence" against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then…
by NICOLE WINFIELD, CHRISTINA MALKIA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE The Associated Press February 2, 2023Mark Rozzi, a rank-and-file member of the Pennsylvania House who unexpectedly became speaker as a compromise candidate, said he hopes to keep the post even as …
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by NWA Democrat-Gazette February 2, 2023The Arkansas House approved a bill Wednesday to restrict transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice at a public school.
by Neal Earley February 2, 2023Sen. Dan Sullivan on Wednesday withdrew his bill to clarify free expression protections on college campuses because of bipartisan opposition on the Senate Educ…
by Neal Earley February 2, 2023The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday balked at confirming former Gov. Asa Hutchinson's nomination of former Hutchinson aide Doug Smith of Cave City to the Parole B…
by Michael R. Wickline February 2, 2023Two people were killed and another injured in wrecks on Arkansas roads late Sunday and early Monday, according to preliminary fatality reports from law enforce…
by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette February 2, 2023I'm scared and I'm offended. So, let's make a law right quick. There's nothing to it, particularly when four-fifths of the Legislature sees it our way and woul…
by John Brummett February 2, 2023Some ice that had accumulated overnight in Pine Bluff melted away by Wednesday morning, but that's just it -- only some of it melted.
by I.C. Murrell February 2, 2023Had it not been for the nationwide meltdown of Southwest Airlines, the King Cotton Holiday Classic basketball tournament might have gotten five stars across th…
by Byron Tate February 2, 2023