Arkansas Rep. Aaron Pilkington, R-Knoxville, filed a bill Monday that would require Arkansas’ Medicaid program to provide blood pressure monitors to pregnant women and postpartum women for up to one year after birth that are covered by the program. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Federal judge issues restraining order blocking state laws affecting digital data center
A federal judge in Arkansas has issued a temporary restraining order to block the state from enforcing two laws — passed in 2023 and 2024 — that would affect a digital data center that holds a lease in Arkansas County, according to court documents filed in federal court in Little Rock. Continue Reading at NWAonline…
Federal judge issues restraining order blocking state laws affecting digital data center
A federal judge in Arkansas has issued a temporary restraining order to block the state from enforcing two laws — passed in 2023 and 2024 — that would affect a digital data center that holds a lease in Arkansas County, according to court documents filed in federal court in Little Rock. Continue Reading at NWAonline…
Gov. Sanders announces $32K allocated for recovery aid for damage related to February 2023 storms, flooding
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday that she had signed an executive order to allocate $32,000 of recovery aid for severe storms and flooding from February 2023. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Officials commemorate renaming of Two Rivers bridge in honor of the late Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines
Under a cloud-ridden sky on Monday, staff and elected officials representing Pulaski County, Little Rock and North Little Rock gathered at the foot of the former Two Rivers bridge as County Judge Barry Hyde and Beverly Villines — wife of the late Floyd G. “Buddy” Villines — unveiled a plaque, renaming the more than 1,000-foot-long…
‘Alice’s Restaurant’ namesake
NEW YORK — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Convicted killer serving life sentence gets 20 more years for Little Rock cold case double homicide
A twice-convicted Little Rock killer, already serving a life sentence, has been convicted of a 17-year-old double-homicide after dropping his legal challenges to two counts of first-degree murder. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
North Little Rock staff say city’s budget is “in a good place” heading into 2025
North Little Rock officials are projecting revenue in 2025 to jump just over $2 million, from approximately $86.254 million over the current year to roughly $88.995 million next year, according to the city’s 2025 proposed budget. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
After several years of struggle, Hot Springs Police Department almost fully staffed
HOT SPRINGS — Hot Springs Police Chief Billy Hrvatin says all uniformed and civilian positions in the $19.2 million 2025 police fund budget the Hot Springs Board of Directors adopted are close to being filled. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Bentonville delays decision on updated future land use map
BENTONVILLE — The city will postpone to early next year completing the first phase of a project focused on guiding the city’s growth to allow more time to address residents’ concerns, such as how property will be developed going forward. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Firefighters and families work to illuminate downtown Little Rock’s ‘Bright the Night’ tree-lighting ceremony
Roughly a dozen firefighters from the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 34 and their family members helped kickstart the holiday season by volunteering Sunday to hang decorative lights from tree to tree and pole to pole along Little Rock’s Main Street. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…
Little Rock’s high-end home sales for October 28-November 1: Six of the most expensive properties
Pictured here are the six most expensive houses sold in Little Rock during the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansan’s film to start streaming
A holiday film written and directed by Arkansas native Clayton Guiltner makes its streaming debut later this week. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
LITTLE ROCK NOTEBOOK: Firefighters to install Main Street lights | Angolan colobus born at zoo | Winter clothing drive underway through Dec. 13
Firefighters to set decorations aloft Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Man wanted in murder of Texarkana juvenile arrested in Dallas by U.S. Marshals
TEXARKANA — Kahim Webster, a suspect in the murder of a minor at River Run Apartments, has been arrested in the Dallas area by U.S. marshals. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansas churches preparing gift-filled shoeboxes for children
With Thanksgiving nearing and Christmas just over a month away, Operation Christmas Child volunteers across Arkansas are collecting gift-filled shoeboxes that will be shipped to kids around the world. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
United Methodist Church membership in U.S. falls by 21.9% in 2023
The United Methodist Church lost more than one fifth of its U.S. members last year, largely the result of a schism within what was once the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
After several continuances, Pulaski County man pleads guilty to child pornography possession
A Pulaski County man jailed for nearly four years on charges of child pornography and attempted sex trafficking of a minor pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography possession in a case that has been through multiple attorneys and has tried the patience of a federal judge who has expressed frustration with repeated continuances. Continue Reading…
Lakeside teacher charged with harassing student
HOT SPRINGS — An Alternative Learning Environment teacher at Lakeside School District has been charged with misdemeanor harassment charge after she was accused of abusing a 6-year-old female student, according to a Hot Springs police report. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Latika Johnson named director of Arkansas State University Multicultural Center
Arkansas State University named Latika Johnson as the new director of its Multicultural Center, officials announced Thursday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Opioid settlement funds paying for fellowship at UAMS
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Wednesday it has received a $600,000 grant from Attorney General Tim Griffin to fund a women’s mental health fellowship to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on women and to help reduce the state’s maternal mortality rate. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: -…
2 people killed in wrecks near Waldenburg, Texarkana
Two people died in separate single-vehicle wrecks on Arkansas roads on Tuesday, according to preliminary reports from the Arkansas State Police. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
