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Freshman linebacker Bradley Shaw quietly emerging through fall practices
Arkansas defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Travis Williams seems pleased with depth at linebacker entering the 2024 season. Speaking to the media on Wednesday night, Williams explained where the group is at depth-wise and how true freshman Bradley Shaw figures into the linebacker rotation this season. Williams was tasked with...
Firefighters Deliver Medicine On Horseback To Elderly Couple
After severe rains made roads impassable and left some Baxter County, Arkansas, residents stranded in their homes, firefighters with the Flippin Fire Department went old school to make sure people in the community were taken care of. Staff at a local hospital reported their concerns about an elderly couple that...
Subcommittee approves rules regarding Arkansas voter registration, gender on IDs
Rules regarding how Arkansans can sign their voter registration forms, gender neutrality on driver’s licenses and a coach’s ability to enter the opposite sex’s locker room at a public school were among the highlights of a legislative subcommittee meeting Thursday. The Arkansas Legislative Council’s Administrative Rules Subcommittee heard dozens of proposed rules Thursday; three drew […]
Arkansas rejects efforts to put abortion initiative on ballots
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's rejection of signature petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November. The ruling dashed the hopes of organizers, who submitted the petitions, of getting the constitutional amendment measure on the ballot in the predominantly Republican state, where many top leaders tout their opposition to abortion. Election officials said Arkansans for Limited Government, the group behind the measure, did not properly submit documentation regarding the signature gatherers it hired. The group disputed that assertion and argued it should have been given more time to...
Arkansas Department of Labor hosts Workers' Safety Conference
ASHDOWN, Ark. - All workers have the right to a safe and healthy work environment, according to the Arkansas Department of Labor, which hosted a Workers' Safety Conference Thursday for area companies at the University of Arkansas Cossatot Community College. The goal of event is to teach workers proper workplace...
Sale hearing for Steward Health, Debtors’ Hospitals in Louisiana, Arkansas moved to Aug. 27
According to officials, the sale hearing for Stewardship Health and the Debtors’ Hospitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Massachusetts has been delayed for a fourth time and adjourned to August 27, 2024, at 1 PM.
AGFC launches new conservation volunteer program to aid high school students
High school students can build meaningful experiences in conservation while gaining valuable community service hours toward their graduation thanks to a new organized volunteer program recently launched by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. According to Act 237 of 2023 (the LEARNS Act), students set to graduate during the 2026-27...
Arkansas Advocate : Panelists say telemedicine, doulas could improve Arkansas’ poor maternal health outcomes
Participants in a maternal health roundtable discussion in Bentonville Wednesday morning said education, collaboration, meeting patients where they are and telemedicine are all strategies for addressing Arkansas’ poor maternal health outcomes. Arkansas has one of the nation’s highest maternal mortality rates and the third-highest infant mortality rate, according to...
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