Convention Center projects start
The Pine Bluff Convention Center is beginning the year with several projects aimed at bringing the Civic Auditorium Complex to a more attractive state.
"We have started to paint the ceiling in the au...
January 27, 2021
Committee hears case for razing Plaza Hotel
The head of the Pine Bluff Convention Center told a city council committee on Monday that hotel experts believe that if the city wants a hotel attached to the convention center, the Plaza Hotel should...
January 26, 2021
Homeless have ally in CASA
CASA Women's Shelter is taking its outreach a bit further with special programs catering to homeless people in Pine Bluff.
Shelter officials are committed to ending violence against women and childre...
January 22, 2021
Panel on drag racing so far lacks members
If the level of enthusiasm to join a committee to study the feasibility of a drag strip is any indication of the enthusiasm for the racetrack, the project would appear to be in trouble.
A resolution ...
January 21, 2021
Team's aid gets vaccine to vets
The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System deployed members of its covid-19 vaccination team to Veterans Affairs clinics in Mountain Home, Pine Bluff and El Dorado last week to provide shots to a...
January 21, 2021
Last-minute measure on tenant aid passes
A last-minute addition to the City Council agenda was a proposed ordinance aimed at reducing homelessness, which was passed after much discussion.
The ordinance allows the Economic and Community Deve...
January 20, 2021
Ex-Sheriff Fontaine, 80, dies from covid-19
More than just a former Jefferson County sheriff, Edward Lewis Fontaine, affectionately known as "Boe," was known to many as a friend.
After a battle with covid-19, Boe Fontaine died Sunday at the ag...
January 19, 2021
Mall-dispute plaintiffs win partial ruling
Circuit Judge Rob Wyatt Jr. made a ruling Friday morning, approving part of a motion for summary judgment filed by attorney Verona Swanigan on behalf of her clients, Saracen Cinema 8 theater owners St...
January 16, 2021
Streetscape's 1st stage on way to wrap-up, committee is told
Curbs, gutters, sidewalks and lights are completed on Main Street between Fourth Avenue and Barraque Street as phase one of the Streetscape is looking to be wrapped up by the end of February.
Larry M...
January 15, 2021
Adding rent-aid access studied
The city of Pine Bluff is considering changes to an ordinance that would allow renters who rent property from an elected official to participate in a program designed to keep people from becoming home...
January 15, 2021
Mississippians sing the praises of company looking at PB lease
Kamilla Crump, a married mother of five, would wake up at 5 every morning for her daily 52-mile commute from Clarksdale, Miss., to work as a housekeeper at a casino just to have a lot of her hard-earn...
January 14, 2021
Fire, law enforcement personnel getting opening round of vaccine
Vaccinations began in Arkansas shortly after authorization was granted, and as Phase 1-A began for health care workers and residents of long-term facilities, fire and law enforcement personnel were in...
January 13, 2021
Tech operation has eye on ex-bank, creating up to 300 jobs
Pine Bluff stands to be able to kill two birds with one stone as an established sourcing technology enterprise is looking to lease the former Bank of America building long term and provide up to 300 j...
January 13, 2021
Collector's salary item must wait, county says
The Jefferson County Tax Collector will have to wait another month to properly submit his proposal to increase the salary for his chief deputy's spot after County Judge Gerald Robinson announced durin...
January 12, 2021
Boys and Girls Club ready for reopening
The Jefferson County Boys and Girls Club will be reopening its doors on Monday after closing while coronavirus cases rose.
When the virus first hit the county in March, First United Methodist Church,...
January 10, 2021