The Boone County Leadership Institute and the Youth Leadership Academy recently held their agriculture session. These leadership programs provide numerous opportunities for young people to connect with the local businesses from all sectors, learning more about the local business community.
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3/13/24
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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday proposed a $6.3 billion budget for the coming year, with most of the increase in spending going toward a school voucher program.
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3/7/24
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RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University benefactor Jimmy Ferguson will provide the spring 2024 ATU School of Business Distinguished Lecture Series address.
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3/6/24
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SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Dr. Don Tosh, professor of mathematics at Evangel University, recently gave his 500th blood donation to the American Red Cross. The majority of these donations were achieved through apheresis, a process in which the blood is centrifuged, platelets are removed, and red blood cells are returned to the donor.
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3/6/24
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RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University is home to the No. 1-ranked college robotics team in the United States and the No. 2-ranked college robotics team in the world.
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2/28/24
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A “Day of Opportunities” will be held at Harrison High School on Friday, March 1, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m. The event will take place on the mezzanine level of Goblin Arena.
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2/28/24
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North Arkansas College’s annual Visiting Poet Series is excited to host Suzanne Underwood Rhodes, the Arkansas Poet Laureate, on March 5, 2024, in the South Campus library, located in the Learning Resource Center.
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2/28/24
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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston would like to invite visitors to the State Capitol to see the new exhibit, Astronomical Arkansas: Astronomy and Space Science in the Natural State.
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2/21/24
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MONTICELLO — UA—Monticello's Rocky Lindsey has been awarded the Arkansas Veterinarian of the Year for 2023. The presentation was made in Hot Springs at the winter meeting of the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association (VMA) in early February.
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2/21/24
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Buffalo National River Partners will present “Cherokee Nation Ethnobiology and how the Buffalo National River is Assisting” with Feather Smith Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:30—7:30 p.m. at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Conference Room of North Arkansas College, 1515 Pioneer Drive in Harrison.
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2/21/24
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Another new sport will be added to the North Arkansas College athletic program by the time the Fall 2024 semester begins.
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By SCOTT McDONALD
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2/17/24
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FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas has been awarded a $45,000 research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will support researchers Jake Hertzog and Justin R. Hunter in the Department of Music, as they examine the importance of collegiate jazz programs to the jazz ecosystems in three U.S. cities — Kansas City, Missouri; Portland, Oregon; and Atlanta, Georgia.
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2/8/24
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NEW YORK — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and the end of pandemic-tied relief, such as the moratorium on student loan payments, has led to record credit card debt, experts say.
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2/8/24
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