Year: 2019

The Hope City Board met Tuesday August 21st for their second meeting of the month. The board immediately went into executive session at 7:02pm. The meeting reconvened at 7:11pm. Mayor Montgomery says the executive session was to discuss the […]

HOPE – A first for the Hope Public School District and southwest Arkansas was celebrated by more than 100 local residents, state and local educators, and HPSD students here Tuesday with the ribbon cutting and opening […]

Hempstead County Fair registration for Arts, Crafts and Photography ends Sunday Aug. 25th. If you need help with entries. please come by the Extension Office at 400 S. Washington, 1st floor of Courthouse. We will gladly help you […]

HOPE – In fall of 2018, Estefani Leyva, of Hope, arrived on the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) campus to explore the possibility of attaining her General Education Development Certificate (GED) with plans of becoming […]

HOPE – The Hempstead County Historical Society will be holding a meeting on Tuesday evening August 27, at the Presbyterian Church in Washington, Arkansas at 7pm. The guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. […]

WASHINGTON – On Saturday, August 31, the Old Washington Farmer’s Market and Historic Washington State Park in cooperation with the Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce will host an official watermelon weigh-off site for the Great […]

On August 16, 2019, at approximately 8:52am, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested David Yates, 39, of Hope, and charged him with forgery 1st degree. The arrest occurred in the 1800 block of West […]

WARRANTS SERVED: 08.12.19 Deborah Parmer, 52, of Hope, AR                              Failure to Comply 08.13.19 Aaron Taylor, 66, of Hope, AR                                               Failure to Appear Adolfo Martinez, 18, of Hope, AR                              Failure to Appear […]