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…]
MAYNARD, Ark. – A traffic accident took the life of a Missouri man early Sunday just east of the Maynard city limits in rural Randolph County. Clifford L. Summers, 63, of Doniphan, Mo., was killed when the 2015 GMC he was driving west on AR 328 ran off of the [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…]
2016 Member Appreciation Day The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Member Appreciation Day will take place on Thursday, July 21st at the Rolling Hills Country Club. A free luncheon open to all Chamber members will be held from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm with door prizes being given away at noon. [read more…]
(From Randolph County Chamber of Commerce) Paws & Claws Pet Spa in Pocahontas is the newest member of the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce. Chamber and community members gathered to welcome Paws & Claws to the community on Tuesday morning. Paws & Claws Pet Spa is located at 2619 Hwy [read more…]
by Stan Morris POCAHONTAS, Ark. – The historic Black River Bridge in Pocahontas shut down for the final time Thursday, July 7. The next time the path over Black River is four-lanes, an entirely new bridge will handle half of the payload. The new bridge is expected to be complete [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – A fire gutted a home in Pocahontas on Monday. At close to 1:30 p.m., Pocahontas Fire Department was paged to 1005 North Weible in Pocahontas in reference to a fully involved house fire. Fire crews battled the blaze all afternoon, being paged back to the scene at around [read more…]
MAYNARD, Ark. – A special election for a mill increase in the Maynard School District has passed, the Randolph County Clerk reported. In the Maynard Special School Election for a 4 mill increase, bringing the total to 34.7 mill, the unofficial results were 145 for and 87 against. The total [read more…]
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