Articles by photos by Terri Perkins

This year’s Watermelon Festival headliner was Uncle Kracker and by all accounts he rocked the 46th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival Saturday night to close out the event!

Heading into the 46th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival at mid-morning on Saturday, folks are arriving, pictures being taken, memories starting to take place. The weather this year was beautiful, with seasonal warm temps with a […]

Some of the best Watermelon Festival weather in several years has been seen this week at the 46th annual Hope Watermelon Festival.  Festivities began earlier this week with the parade and moved into the beauty […]

Nevada county was in a pursuit last night that ended west of Bodcaw on highway 32 near the Bodcaw Creek area. The suspects vehicle was a tan 2005 Chevrolet pickup that was stolen out of […]

Republican gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders along with her parents, Gov. Mike and Janet Huckabee are expected at the Hope Watermelon Festival on Saturday August 13th.  Word is the Huckabee family will enter the watermelon […]

There were a few tears of happiness and lots of smiles recently during a staff training session as the trainer, in this case, became the center of attention from ROC founder Patti Manus and current […]

On Monday and Tuesday, August 8th and 9th, the Hope Public Schools Teachers, Paraprofessionals and Staff went ALL IN with two days of learning, laughing, conversation, fun, and friendship. The two-day event was held at […]

Due to upcoming construction on 6th Street, HAPS will have new car rider and bus rider pick-up and drop-off points. Students with bus stops on 6th Street will have new pick-up points. Those locations are […]

After the initial article last week, we had more churches deliver socks to be included in our Sock Drive for AR Veterans.  Our final total as 1105 pairs of socks! The VA drivers from the […]

At Rainbow of Challenges, they are known as “Direct Service Professionals” or DSPs for short. They serve individual clients in the area who are diagnosed with an intellectual/developmental disability and who are under their care […]

The Hope Watermelon Festival Parade came off despite threatening weather.  The rain held off and the temperature dropped about 20 degrees to make this the most comfortable Watermelon Festival Parade ever!