Year: 2024

The Arkansas Arts Council’s annual touring visual arts exhibition, Small Works on Paper, is now at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana in Hempstead Hall at 2500 S. Main St. in Hope.The artwork will be on […]

HOPE – The Watermelon Eating Saturday contest had contestants from many places including Chicago, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Gainesville, Louisiana as well as Conway, Emmet, Fulton, Texarkana, Vandervoort, Cabot, and Blevins. One of the contestants in […]

HOPE – The Hope Watermelon Festival Junior Olympics Saturday included a potato sack race, ring toss, egg race, and melon run. A number of competitors tied at 18 points and so there was a final […]

The Hope Watermelon Festival 5k Race was off to a lively start as runners tore away from the start line Saturday morning. Spectators cheered on the runners. The winner of the race was Thomas Caine […]

The Hope Lions Club held their annual Fish Fry at the 48th annual Hope Watermelon Festival Friday. Close to 500 people attended this year’s event. Eric Mclaurin photos

HOPE – State Senator Steve Crowell won the Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Contest Saturday at the 48th annual Hope Watermelon Festival. Candidate for state representative Dolly Henley came in second and County Treasurer Karen Smith […]

FINISHING ON THE FARM — Feeder steers at the Southwest Research and Extension Center were raised on varying diets as part of a cattle finishing study. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo) FAYETTEVILLE […]