The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.17 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is one cent less compared to that day last week and eight cents more compared to that day last year. more

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LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Monday a human case in Texas of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly known as H5N1 bird flu. more

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ 2024 net farm income is expected to fall $0.5 billion from 2023 levels, according to a report Tuesday from the Rural & Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center. more

Arvest Bank has announced the kickoff of its 14th annual Million Meals campaign, a two-month long initiative to raise money to feed local communities while also raising awareness about food insecurity. more

At their Thursday, March 28 meeting, Harrison City Council approved an ordinance that will give eclipse revelers the ability to consume alcohol within the limitations of the Entertainment District in Harrison. more

CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas has received a $5 million anonymous gift to support the interior design program in the Department of Art and Design. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.18 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is flat compared to that day last week and 16 cents more compared to that day last year. more

DALLAS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with the Arkansas Midland Railroad Company over alleged hazardous waste violations at a private rail track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The company illegally stored more than 750,000 gallons of highly flammable hazardous waste in rail cars near homes, a school, and waterways. Under the settlement, the company must pay a civil penalty of $910,985. Under direction from EPA, the waste was removed and disposed of in a permitted facility. more

Last year, the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District (NWAEDD) secured a Rural Business Development Grant through USDA Rural Development. The grant will help boost both Harrison and Mountain Home in their downtown revitalization efforts. more

An Oklahoma man was sentenced this week to 30 months in prison for evading over $1 million in income taxes. more

FedEx has been instituting a number of cost control practices as part of their DRIVE transformation initiative which began last year. The initiative was presented to investors as a plan to “consolidate its operating companies into one organization, creating efficiencies that will enhance the company’s ability to meet the evolving needs of customers and ultimately build a stronger, more profitable enterprise.” A surge in cost of shares last week is attributed to the DRIVE efforts. more

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) held its monthly board of directors meeting on Tuesday, March 26. The meeting saw a number of positive reports about ongoing activities at the hospital. more

The Great American Eclipse will arrive on Monday, April 8, and although Harrison will not be in the path of totality, other parts of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center's (NARMC) service area will. The eclipse is expected to draw large numbers of visitors, and the hospital has made plans for it, said Sammie Cribbs, the hospital's president and CEO, in the administrator's report to the Board of Directors held Tuesday afternoon, March 26. more

LITTLE ROCK — Bryan Malinowski, 53, died after a shootout with federal authorities Tuesday morning in west Little Rock. Malinowski was the executive director of Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.18 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 11 cents more compared to that day last week and 14 cents more compared to that day last year. more

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Mayor Jerry Jackson hosted a community meeting on Thursday, March 14, before the City Council Committee meeting to share information about the planned music venue and receive questions from citizens. more

Jerree Winn has spent most of her life in the cosmetology world. Now, with over four decades of experience, she has announced her retirement. Winn's journey began at 15 when she first started cosmetology school. She pursued her training off and on, eventually graduating from Lyle‘s School of Cosmetology in Fresno, Calif. in 1981. more

JONESBORO — A $10 million congressional appropriation led by U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., will advance plans for the Arkansas State University Center for Advanced Materials and Steel Manufacturing to support the largest steel producing region in the country. more