Through partnerships with CPG companies, Riceland farmer-members receive payment for environmental assets generated through sustainable rice production STUTTGART, Ark. – Riceland Foods distributed over $4 million to its farmer-members enrolled in the 2023 Riceland Carbon Ready™ Program. Over the 2023 growing season and with the assistance of Arva Intelligence, Riceland [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas State Police are warning pot users not to drive while stoned on 4/20 – or any other day. Below is the full press release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is teaming up with Arkansas law enforcement to urge drivers to [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Northeast Arkansas is officially in eclipse mode as residents prepare for the celestial super event – and the influx of visitors that comes with it. On Monday, April 8 in Jonesboro, the start time is expected to be 12:37 PM and the end time is expected to [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is launching a national high-visibility enforcement effort, April 1-8, 2024, to deter distracted driving. Arkansas law enforcement officers will work together to enforce texting and distracted-driving laws and remind drivers to Pay Attention or Pay the [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – State troopers cracked down on bad drivers in work zones this month, which much of the effort focused in central Arkansas, a press release said. Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers ramped up their efforts to enforce traffic laws on Central Arkansas interstates and highways from March 19 [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism and Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders awarded $4.34 million in Outdoor Recreation Grants to projects within 29 counties across the state. The grants fall into two categories: Facilities for Underdeveloped Neighborhoods (FUN) Park grants and matching grants. “My administration is [read more…]
by Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate The state broadband office launched a process Wednesday for Arkansans to challenge the accuracy of a federal broadband map in advance of awarding broadband infrastructure grants. The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Map provides information about internet service available at locations across the country, as reported by [read more…]
WASHINGTON – Four men were sentenced last week for participating in an eight-year investment fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded over a dozen victims around the world out of more than $18 million. John C. Nock, 55, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, founder of The Brittingham Group, was sentenced on March [read more…]
Arkansas’ chief legislative auditor expects to complete a report on the investigation of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the end of next month, but it’s unclear when the report will be made public. [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has reappointed Jerry Morgan of Jonesboro, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Morgan was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in December 2021 to fulfill the remaining term of Dr. [read more…]
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