The Harrison PTA Council held the yearly Founder’s Day Banquet was held Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Fellowship Bible Church. Students, parents and staff members gathered to acknowledge and appreciate outstanding the work of PTA volunteers and winners of the Reflections Program.
more
By TERRI IVIE SMITH
terris@harrisondaily.com
|
3/25/23
|
The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Division of Arkansas Heritage, is accepting artistic submissions from Arkansans 21 years old or older to apply for Individual Fellowship Grants.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/25/23
|
Rex Nelson, one of the most high-profile writers and speakers in the state will be featured Thursday, March 30, at North Arkansas College in the John Paul Hammerschmidt Lecture Series. The Lecture will be open to the public free of charge and will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the John Paul Hammerschmidt Conference Room on the South campus.
more
3/16/23
|
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division and the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) are pleased to announce that applications for the Foresters for the Future scholarship are now being accepted. The scholarship will provide $4,000 per semester, for four years, to an incoming freshman pursuing a forestry degree at UAM’s College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/16/23
|
As we continue our focus on people who made a difference in agriculture, another book was recommended and this one was about George Washington Carver. I read his story as a young child, but had forgotten what an important scientist and inventor he was to agriculture.
more
By DONNA BRAYMER
donnab@harrisondaily.com
|
3/15/23
|
Are you looking for a job, thinking about making a career change, or looking for information about the companies and organizations operating in the area? Grab your resume, iron your shirt and come out to the Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 16 and meet representatives from over 40 companies from the Ozarks that are looking to fill open positions.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/15/23
|
The National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) is now accepting applications for the Elizabeth "Libby" Kingseed Teaching with Deliberation Memorial Award for the grant period of July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/15/23
|
Members of the public are invited to attend a poetry reading featuring Professor Michael Blanchard. The reading will be held in the Learning Resource Center (Library) at 12:30 p.m Thursday, March 16. Mr. Blanchard is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and where he twice won the University Union Fine Arts Award for Poetry. He also earned an M.A. degree from Indiana University and completed additional graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/14/23
|
Are you looking for a job, thinking about making a career change, or looking for information about the companies and organizations operating in the area? Grab your resume, iron your shirt and come …
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/14/23
|
J.K. Fancher and the Harrison Art League have joined together to create this scholarship, in the amount of $500, to be awarded to a graduating high school senior who plans on continuing their creative education after high school and has demonstrated the same type of love and devotion for art that Genevieve had.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/11/23
|
The Newton County Extension Service is having a Pesticide Applicator Training course for those who need to apply or rectify for their restricted use pesticide license. This training is mandatory prior to using restricted use pesticides in Arkansas. The cost of the training will be $20. The training will be held at the Newton County Extension Office in Jasper on Thursday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
more
3/11/23
|
The UAMS Mobile MammoVan will provide on-site screening mammograms at the Newton County Health Department in Jasper. This service is provided by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. If you do not have insurance, there are assistance programs available. Please call to inquire on how the program can help cover the cost. Women over 40 that are due for a mammogram may qualify.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/11/23
|
Local students received degrees from the University of Central Arkansas in December of 2022.
more
3/11/23
|
We are focusing on agriculture month and people just like you and me, who have made a lot of changes to the food and animal science industry — so our food supply is safe and animals are treated well.
more
By DONNA BRAYMER
donnab@harrisondaily.com
|
3/8/23
|
Students at Harrison High School are joining the national grassroots effort called Theatre in Our Schools Month (TIOS) to advocate for the benefits of theatre education in schools.Members of …
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/6/23
|
Hannah Harrison, a sophomore agriculture student at North Arkansas College (Northark) battled students from two and four-year universities across the state to take the top honor in the Discussion …
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/6/23
|
Local students named to U of A Dean's List
more
3/4/23
|
Hannah Harrison, a sophomore agriculture student at North Arkansas College (Northark) battled students from two and four-year universities across the state to take the top honor in the Discussion Meet competition during the Young Farmers & Ranchers Conference held recently in Little Rock. Hannah will go onto compete at nationals next February in Louisville, Kentucky.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/4/23
|
Students at Harrison High School are joining the national grassroots effort called Theatre in Our Schools Month (TIOS) to advocate for the benefits of theatre education in schools.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/4/23
|
Students at Harrison High School are joining the national grassroots effort called Theatre in Our Schools Month (TIOS) to advocate for the benefits of theatre education in schools.
more
Staff Report
news@harrisondaily.com
|
3/4/23
|