By Stan Morris | NEA Report (Updated Saturday: 5:30 p.m.) POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Police were investigating a shooting said to have killed a man early Saturday in the City of Pocahontas. Local sources both close to the incident and in city operations confirmed to NEA Report Nick Wayne Dawson, 28, of Pocahontas, [read more…]
Press Release POCAHONTAS, AR – The Randolph County Clerk reported in her decision today that the final signature count is deficient by 361 signatures, in spite of more than 4,000 registered voter signatures being submitted in support of allowing local residents to vote on whether to allow alcohol sales in [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Voter will not get to decide on Randolph County going wet in November. Petitions for the Keep Revenue in Randolph County group fell short of 361 signatures, according to Randolph County Clerk Rhonda Blevins. In an email to media, Blevins said her goal was to attempt to [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – We will know Friday if Randolph County voters get to decide on the wet/dry issue in November. Following a nearly chaotic two weeks of rejected petition signatures, hundreds of those rejected being re-added for being erroneously rejected, and hundreds more new signatures being added, Keep Revenue in [read more…]
by Stan Morris | NEA Report POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Following the uproar from registered voters Wednesday morning at the old courthouse, the Randolph County Clerk has made a few corrections – a few hundred, that is. Going into Wednesday, 483 signatures were needed after 900 or so names had been [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Dozens gathered in downtown Pocahontas on Wednesday morning to demand answers from the county clerk. With a Sunday deadline looming for petitions to be ratified and verified, organizers of the Keep Revenue in Randolph County group, seeking to make the county ‘wet’ for alcohol sales, were informed of [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Fire crews responded to a house fire and they could see smoke as they approached Wednesday morning. The Pocahontas Fire Department was paged out according to a dispatch radio call to 1009 Cain Street in Pocahontas Wednesday morning around 6:30 a.m. Police on the scene reported smoke [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – In an ideal world, emergency responders would never need to use the skills they will develop by training. Unfortunately, reality is far from ideal and emergency crews must always be prepared. Preparation is the goal in mind for the construction of a new fire training tower at [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Major sections of Black River Bridge are being deconstructed this week and Tuesday, huge chunks of the road leading to the double-archway was dismantled. Local source Mark Saala contributed several photos to NEAReport.com showing the latest efforts from Tuesday. The main section of bridge, with the arches, [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – The landscape changes quickly in 2016 when modern construction equipment is in hand. Over the weekend, major portions of the historic Black River Bridge in Pocahontas were dismantled. As is visible in the photo above, traffic is one lane each direction on the remaining bridge. It was [read more…]
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