Arkansas Legislative Audit's review of $4 million in expenditures from the Arkansas State Police's executive protection cost center from June 1, 2022-Dec. 31, 2023, indicated no instances of noncompliance with state laws or regulations or with the public purpose doctrine, an auditor told state lawm…
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The amount raised by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery for scholarships in September dropped to $6.6 million from $10.1 million in September of 2023. Lottery Di…
After the Osceola School Board declined to approve hiring either the superintendent's wife or the assistant superintendent's relative for jobs with the distric…
WASHINGTON -- The two candidates in Arkansas' 4th Congressional District race faced off Thursday in a televised debate, during which Republican incumbent Rep. …
FAYETTEVILLE -- With a backup quarterback making his first start, Fayetteville needed a big lift from its defense and special teams to take the pressure off th…
CENTERTON -- Jeff Regan and the Rogers Mountaineers didn't show any lingering effects after last week's tough loss to Fayetteville.
SPRINGDALE -- Gavin Connor was poised at the first-down marker when he saw the fourth-down pass coming from Springdale Har-Ber quarterback Evan Baker and succe…
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Thousands of Arkansans were displaced by the flood of 1978. An estimated $12 million in damages had been reported in Cross County, with another $25 million in …
Walmart Inc. said Friday that it will donate $6 million in aid to people affected by Hurricane Milton, on top of the $16 million it has already committed to re…
Home BancShares Inc. is shoring up loan reserves to enhance recovery of customers' businesses damaged last month by Hurricane Helene.
Chemical company Norac Additives broke ground on a $24 million expansion to its 44-acre Helena-West Helena facility Thursday. It is set to be completed in 2026.
Each of these presidential candidates is trying to out-do the other on coming up with new ideas for government spending. Neither has mentioned the national deb…
Now that inflation seems to be largely tamed, another threat has sprung up in its wake: the misguided notion that politicians can and should deal with high pri…
LITHIA, Fla. -- Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered debris and assessed damage to their homes Friday after Hurricane Milto…
AURORA, Colo. -- Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that's been in the news over illegal immigration as he dr…
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its…
