Little Rock School District tallies cyberattack’s cost

The 2022 cyberattack on the 21,000-student Little Rock School District’s data networks cost the capital city system almost $692,000, according to records obtained from the district. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock events celebrate reunifications of parents and children

Parents and children, once separated from each other through the child welfare system, joined judges, attorneys, social workers and others at Riverfront Park in Little Rock on Saturday for an event billed as the first Arkansas Reunification Day Celebration. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

At service in Gillett, former President Clinton remembers 7-term U.S. Rep. Marion Berry as straight-shooter

Bill Clinton said he always knew what was on Robert Marion Berry’s mind because — while he was an aide to the former president and also while a U.S. congressman — Berry had a way of expressing himself without leaving any room for doubt. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News…

Hutchinson appears alongside presidential rivals at Washington, D.C., event

As former Vice President Mike Pence addressed a gathering of Christian political activists at the Washington Hilton on Friday, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson watched from a dark corner of the hotel’s ballroom. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

UA board to discuss Nelson, Bobbitt at Monday meeting

Sheffield Nelson said he won’t bring up the topic of whether to extend Donald Bobbitt’s contract as president of the University of Arkansas System when its board of trustees meets virtually on Monday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Court rules in Jonesboro church’s dispute

Members of a Jonesboro church who wanted to break away from the United Methodist denomination will have to vacate the premises by Aug. 1 under a ruling this week in Craighead County Circuit Court, church officials said. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Nelson urges UA board to find new system president

Sheffield Nelson is urging the University of Arkansas System board of trustees not to renew Donald Bobbitt’s contract as president of the UA System. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

High court’s Wynne, 70, dies in second term

Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robin Wynne, who fended off an election challenge for the nonpartisan position last year from a candidate endorsed by the state Republican Party, died Wednesday night at age 70, a state official confirmed Thursday. A cause of death was not disclosed. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas…

Northwest Arkansas Community College athletic director finalists share ideas on program

The three finalists to be Northwest Arkansas Community College’s first athletic director shared their ideas about the future of the school’s sports program and fielded questions during on-campus candidate forums Wednesday and Thursday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Eliminate’ list included state historic places

The seven state parks that Mike Mills, former secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, listed for possible elimination in an email sent shortly before his resignation include at least four historic sites recognized by the federal government as worthy of preservation. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas…

Arkansas Highway Commission approves $953 million budget for fiscal 2024

The Arkansas Department of Transportation will operate and fund construction projects on an estimated budget of $953.2 million from state taxes and fees for the coming fiscal year. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Lawmaker Julie Mayberry questions Attorney General Tim Griffin on ’17 law, LEARNS Act

The new Arkansas LEARNS Act and a 2017 law that enables public school students and teachers to do their school work from home when campuses are closed because of inclement weather and contagious disease appear to be in conflict. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock city board adopts new regulations for short-term rentals listed on platforms like Airbnb

Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors in a voice vote Tuesday approved an ordinance to establish new regulations for short-term rental properties listed on Airbnb and other platforms. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Pulaski County judge says decision on LEARNS Act could take 2 weeks

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright said Tuesday he will take one to two weeks to release a decision in the lawsuit over the LEARNS Act. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas lawmaker complains of delay in distributing aid to rural hospitals

The chair of a legislative panel on Tuesday expressed frustration with the state’s progress in distributing federal pandemic relief funds to struggling hospitals. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Former Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism secretary planned to discuss elimination of 7 state parks with Sanders

Former Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Mike Mills planned to discuss the possible elimination of several state parks and changes to the number of state parks personnel in a meeting he requested with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders days before he resigned. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News…

Ex-Sen. Elliott reflects on racism, Juneteenth

Former Sen. Joyce Elliott recalled on Monday racism she experienced from the age of 15 when she attended an integrated high school. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Saline County Quorum Court reads, hears public comment on proposed rule to increase oversight over library board

Saline County justices of the peace voted to put off their vote on an amended ordinance on Monday that would have put many of the county library board’s powers under the oversight of the county judge and the Quorum Court. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Report ranks Arkansas 43rd in child well-being for second year in a row

Arkansas ranked No. 43 in overall child well-being for the second year in a row in a report released last week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Conway planners to meet Tuesday to discuss controversial housing development

The Conway Planning Commission on Tuesday will discuss a planned unit development that has received backlash from different groups in the community. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

As Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to buying body parts from Arkansas woman, more people face charges

A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty last week in federal court admitted to buying stolen body parts from an Arkansas woman as well as from individuals in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in an investigation that has so far snared seven people in four states stretching from New England to Arkansas and sparked a class-action lawsuit in…

Disfarmer heir, Little Rock museum argue over copyright

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation doesn’t want to allow Fred Stewart to make high-resolution copies of 3,000 glass-plate negatives shot by his great-great uncle, the eccentric Heber Springs photographer Mike Disfarmer. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

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