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Bolstered by a boost in Powerball ticket sales with a jackpot that reached nearly $1 billion by the end of September, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery’s revenue for September increased by $4.2 million over the same month a year ago to $47.2 million. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…

The purchase of the $19,000 lectern for use by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was directed by the governor’s office, records indicate. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas could be a step closer to joining 29 other states that exempt feminine hygiene products and diapers from sales taxes after a second attempt to get the issue on the ballot passed muster with the Arkansas attorney general’s office Tuesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution…

The Arkansas’ Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission has received several proposals for the design for a new monument on state Capitol grounds authorized under a 2023 state law to commemorate “unborn children aborted” after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortions across the nation. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: -…

Beau McCastlain, a television production teacher at De Queen High School and communications director for the De Queen School District, was named Monday as the 2024 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday directed that the Arkansas and United States flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise today until sunset Friday to show support for Israel in its war against Hamas. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

HOT SPRINGS — A local man who has reportedly called 911 multiple times requesting an autopsy on himself was arrested early Monday on a felony charge of communicating a false alarm, his second offense. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas saw its obesity rate dip and its national ranking among the fattest states drop — but those perceived improvements are being met by muted applause among health professionals across the state. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

A line of more than 1,000 people wrapped around the block at Mount Holly Cemetery on Sunday for the 26th annual “Tales of the Crypt.” Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Arkansas Department of Public Safety reported two fatal car crashes over the weekend. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

For the second consecutive special session in about 13 months, the Arkansas General Assembly last month approved a temporary nonrefundable income tax credit for low-income and middle-income taxpayers as part of a tax cut package that permanently trimmed the state’s top individual and corporate income tax rates. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags:…

Pulaski County law enforcement agencies investigated four homicides in September, a sharp decline in the pace of murders in the county, with the lowest monthly death toll since February, when three killings were reported. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

A 91-year-old Arkansas hunting license has turned up in the Special Collections Library at Penn State University. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville faculty intent on making sure their students are career-ready learned more about how to accomplish that objective Friday during a conference on campus. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

For months, there’s been talk of changing the Buffalo National River to the Buffalo National Park Preserve. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The full panel of judges from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, at the request of state Attorney General Tim Griffin, have agreed to review an Arkansas law banning transgender health care for minors that was overturned earlier this year in a district court, a Friday court order states. Continue Reading at NWAonline here…

An audit of vote tabulating machines in 15 Arkansas counties found that all worked properly counting ballots from the 2022 general election, according to a report from the State Board of Election Commissioners. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Five nonprofit organizations have received a total of $5.9 million from the Blue & You Foundation to address the adolescent mental health crisis associated with trauma, substance use and suicide rates in Arkansas. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System aims to increase its coordination with the state’s Employee Benefits Division, and increase its focus on educating its members so that they understand their options, the system’s executive director told state lawmakers Thursday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The first locally acquired case of malaria in the state was identified earlier this week in Saline County, Dr. Naveen Patil, deputy state health officer and medical director of infectious diseases, said in a news conference Wednesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Kindergarteners at Elkins Primary School will receive free tutoring while future teachers in the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville’s College of Education and Health Professions will gain vital education experience through an initiative from Arkansas Tutoring Corps. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders reiterated Wednesday that the state’s purchase of a $19,000 lectern “is something that wasn’t paid for by taxpayers.” Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service