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Arkansas Workforce Development Board to Meet February 3

Arkansas Workforce Development Board to Meet February 3 The Arkansas Workforce Development Board (AWDB) will convene a meeting at noon on February 3, 2025, at the Arkansas Department of Commerce in Little Rock. The AWDB Strategic Planning Committee will also meet that morning in the same building. Before the AWDB meeting, the board will gather […]…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

Closure Scheduled on Gregory Street and John Harden Drive Intersection in Jacksonville

PULASKI COUNTY | January 24, 2025 Construction to widen Highway 67/167 (Interstate 57) to six lanes between Main Street and Vandenberg Boulevard in Jacksonville requires a long-term full closure of Gregory Street between John Harden Drive and Johnson Street beginning Tuesday, January 28 and continuing through the end of 2025. Weather permitting, cr…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Host Public Involvement Meetings to Discuss Two Planning Studies in Northwest Arkansas

BENTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES | January 24, 2025 | Jobs 090711 and 090573 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct three public involvement meetings to discuss preliminary findings from the Highway 59 and Highway 72 Corridor Study and review findings from the Western North-South Connector Study. All three meetings will be ide…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Cut a Ribbon on New Mulberry River Bridge

FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES| January 23, 2025 The public is invited to join elected officials, members of the Arkansas State Highway Commission, Arkansas Department of Transportation officials and other community leaders at 11 a.m. Friday, January 31, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of the new Mulberry River Bridge. The rib…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Cut a Ribbon on New Mulberry River Bridge

FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES| January 23, 2025 The public is invited to join elected officials, members of the Arkansas State Highway Commission, Arkansas Department of Transportation officials and other community leaders at 11 a.m. Friday, January 31, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of the new Mulberry River Bridge. The rib…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Host Public Involvement Meeting to Discuss Proposed Bridge Replacements on Highway 96 (Sebastian County) and Highway 378 (Scott County)

SCOTT AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES | January 22, 2025 | Job 040869 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct a public involvement meeting Tuesday, January 28 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed replacement of the bridge on Highway 96 over Cherokee Creek in Mansfield (Sebastian County) and the bridge on Highway 378 over Kin…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Health

Baptist Health – Van Buren Recognized by the Arkansas

Department of Health with State Stroke Designation Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has recognized Baptist Health Medical Center – Van Buren as an Arkansas Stroke Ready Hospital (ArSRH). “With stroke, every second counts. Each hour of delay in stroke treatment ages the brain four years and increases the chances of permane…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ASP ARRESTS FORMER JONESBORO POLICE OFFICER

January 22, 2025 Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested former Jonesboro Police Officer Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, of Brookland, on Tuesday, January 21, 2024. He faces felony charges of Aggravated Assault, Filing a False Report, and misdemeanor Third-Degree Battery. Harris turned himself in…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ASP CID INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING IN GASSVILLE

January 21, 2025 GASSVILLE, Ark. —  The Gassville Police Department (GPD) has requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred in their city. On Monday, January 20, 2025, GPD responded to a shooting on Mountain Loop Road in the Baxter County city of Gassville. Upon arrival…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

Arkansas Department of Transportation Sending Help as Winter Storm Hits Louisiana

ALL COUNTIES | January 20, 2025 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has deployed its Strike Team from central Arkansas and other snowplow and salt brine tanker drivers from three of its southern districts to assist the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) in managing a potentially record-setting winter weath…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

Long-time OGC Director Announces Retirement

NORTH LITTLE ROCK – Lawrence E. Bengal, director of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) for the past 20 years and the first Chief Administrator of Energy for the Department of Energy and Environment (E&E), has announced his plans to retire following a 52-year professional career. “It has been an absolute honor and privilege to work with L…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

PULASKI COUNTY PROSECUTOR CLEARS TROOPER IN USE OF DEADLY FORCE TO DISABLE STOLEN BUS

January 17, 2025 The Pulaski County Prosecutor’s Office has cleared Arkansas State Police Sgt. Gabe Monroe of any wrongdoing in his use of deadly force to disable a stolen bus in August of 2024. Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Will Jones concluded on January 8, 2025, that Trooper Monroe acted justifiably in the incident. The referenced…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

Jerry Halsey Appointed to Arkansas State Highway Commission

ALL COUNTIES | January 17, 2025 Jerry Halsey, of Jonesboro, was appointed to the Arkansas State Highway Commission by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Halsey fills the empty member seat following Chairman Alec Farmer completing his 10-year term as of January. In her announcement this morning, Governor Sanders offered this. “Jerry is an incredibly g…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Host Public Involvement Meeting to Discuss Proposed Improvements to Highway 176Y (Brockington Road)

PULASKI COUNTY | January 17, 2025 | Job 061747 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct a public involvement meeting Thursday, January 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. to discuss proposed improvements to Highway 176Y (Brockington Road), including minor widening and intersection improvements at Warden Road, Baring Cross Road, and Highway 17…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

JASPER MAN ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING HOMEOWNERS AND DAMAGING PROPERTY IN NEWTON COUNTY

January 17, 2025 JASPER, Ark. —  Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agents, along with the Newton County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO), arrested Kurt William Gronwaldt, 39, of Jasper, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The arrest stemmed from an incident that occurred on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at around 4 p.m. whe…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ARKANSAS LAUNCHES STATEWIDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE WEBPAGE TO SUPPORT VICTIMS

January 17, 2025 The Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Arkansas State Police (ASP) have launched a new WEBPAGE dedicated to assisting victims of human trafficking. The launch coincides with National Human Trafficking Month, emphasizing the state’s commitment to supporting victims and educating the public on how to recognize signs of human traff…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Host Public Involvement Meeting to Discuss Proposed Widening of Highway 65

Van Buren County | January 17, 2025 | Job 080674 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct a public involvement meeting Thursday, January 23, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to discuss the widening of Highway 65 from Highway 254 in Dennard to Highway 110 in Botkinburg. The meeting will be held at the Botkinburg Foursquare Church, 7054 H…

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ARDOT to Host Virtual Public Involvement Meeting to Provide Information on a Proposed Bridge Replacement on Highway 76 in Nevada County

Nevada County | January 16, 2025 | Job 030602 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is hosting a virtual public involvement meeting via prerecorded presentation beginning Monday, January 20 to provide information on the proposed bridge replacement and associated detour on Highway 76 over Black Creek near Rosston. The public may view mee…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Health

Cervical Health Awareness Month

Little Rock, Ark. – January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) BreastCare program coordinates efforts with a statewide network of providers offering no-cost cervical and breast cancer screenings and follow-up services. Cervical cancer is largely preventable with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination, and r…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING STATE TROOPER, FLEEING CUSTODY ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

January 15, 2025 BENTON, Ark. — On Monday, January 6, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP), along with the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, arrested Luis Danielle Valdez-Reyes, 29, of Little Rock, for assaulting an Arkansas State Trooper and fleeing from arrest. The arrest stems from an incident that occurred on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, a…

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