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Winner Of “2024 Arkansas Youth Community Preparedness Award” Announced!
Arkansas Tech University emergency management and homeland security program has officially been awarded the 2024 Arkansas Youth Community Preparedness Award!. Their efforts in disaster preparedness and community resilience in the Arkansas River Valley have paid off. You can learn more about this and other ATU success stories at www.arkansastechnews.com.
Arkansas Storm Team Forecast: Stormy At Times With Cooler Temperatures
Scattered showers and storms can be expected this weekend, especially during the afternoon and evening. The main threats will be locally heavy rainfall, lightning, and gusty winds. Highs will reach the mid and upper 80s. The moisture finally moves out of the state Monday with a slight chance for showers mainly over southern Arkansas. Another quick moving area of moisture brings rain chances Wednesday and that should mainly affect southern and central Arkansas. Highs next week will be more comfortable and in the 80s while overnight lows drop into the 60s and low 70s. -Todd Yakoubian.
Arkansas Tiny Desk Contest 2024 draws bands from across state
For the second year in a row, NPR member stations across Arkansas have collaborated to highlight some of the best submissions from the Natural State with a concert in Little Rock on Oct. 5. Ozarks at Large's Sophia Nourani spoke with Grace Zafasi, membership director for Little Rock Public Radio, about the significance of the Tiny Desk Contest 2024 Arkansas Showcase.
Federal authorities announce additional arrests in multistate pharmacy burglary ring
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Additional arrests have been made in a multistate pharmacy burglary ring that has led to 42 people being indicted in Arkansas, federal authorities announced Thursday. Federal prosecutors said 24 people were arrested in Houston in July, and some appeared in federal court in Little Rock on Thursday on conspiracy to […]
Walmart Enforcing New Rules For Shoppers At All Arkansas Stores
Groceries are expensive. I'm usually in a bit of shock when I hit the pay button. We are all struggling to find the best prices and a lot of us go to Walmart for that reason. Walmart announced awhile back there would be some store policies changing and now it's official. These policies have changed and are in effect in all Arkansas stores and all across the country.
Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired gets $30,000 from solar eclipse glasses sales
In honor of August being Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, the Arkansas Ophthalmological Society donated over $30,000 to the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Tuesday.
ATU Alumnus Named Arkansas Bandmaster of the Year
When Tom Chentnik looks at his 2024 Arkansas Bandmaster of the Year award, he reflects on the Arkansas Tech University faculty members who helped prepare him for a career in music education. “My experience as a student at Tech helped shape me to be the band director I am today,”...
Arkansas manhandles UAPB with 10 TDs on 10 drives
Taylen Green threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two scores Thursday night during a 49-point first half as Arkansas whipped Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70-0 in each team's season opener in Little Rock. Green, a transfer from Boise State, completed 16 of 23 passes for 229 yards while rushing for 88 yards on just six carries. He didn't play in the second half as the Razorbacks flooded the field with fresh faces against the outmatched Golden Lions. In fact, the game was such a mismatch that the teams opted at halftime to shorten the second half to two 10-minute quarters. However,...
OPINION | EDITORIAL: Watson Chapel schools deserve burst of better news
It seems Watson Chapel can't get a break. This week, there was a smell of natural gas at the high school, which prompted the district to evacuate the building, and the students were moved to the football field. That's the school's "safe place." It seemed the all-clear was going to...
Entergy Arkansas line workers welcome elementary students to a new school year
Jonesboro, AR (JonesboroRightNow.com) – August 30, 2024 – Westside Elementary students got an electrifying experience on Thursday as Entergy Arkansas employees with their bucket trucks raised high in the air welcomed students to school and wished them a great year at the Westside Elementary School in Jonesboro. According...
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