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Hope City Board second May meeting and bond ordinance hearing
HOPE – Hope City Board met Tuesday night for their second May meeting. Following the opening activities of the meeting, the public meeting was suspended, and a Sanitation Bond Ordinance Public Hearing was convened. Taylor […]
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Historic Washington State Park opens new America 250 exhibit on Washington, Arkansas
WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park will open a new exhibit entitled “America 250: Washington’s Story is America’s Story” on Saturday, May 23, at the park’s 1874 Visitor Information Center, 100 SW Morrison St., Washington. […]
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Historic Washington State Park to host cemetery workshop
Informative presentation on family history research and hands-on techniques to be included WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park will host a cemetery workshop on Saturday, May 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the 1874 […]
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Spring Hill School Board meeting for May
SPRING HILL – The Spring Hill School Board meeting met on May 18th at 6pm. The previous meeting’s minutes were read and approved. The financial report was also read and approved by the Board. A […]
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Washington Vintage Dance class meets
WASHINGTON – The Washington Vintage Dance class met at the Old Washington Fire Station and came to order at 7:18pm. Joshua Williams showed the group how to do the “Virginia Reel”, which was introduced circa […]
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Honoring the memory of Amanda Greer
University of Arkansas Southwest Research and Extension Center: The employees here at the Southwest Research and Extension Center planted a tree donated in memory of our nematologist, Amanda Greer, who passed away last year. This […]
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Early Bird Sale underway NOW for concert tickets to the 50th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival
HOPE – The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the Early Bird Sale Date for concert tickets to the 50th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival concert featuring Grammy-winning country artist Gretchen Wilson with […]
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Latest Hope Police felony arrests
HOPE – On Monday, May 11th, 2026, at 9:28am, detectives with the Hope Police Department arrested Kemauri Conway, 19 of Hope, AR in the 300 block of South Washington Street. Mr. Conway was charged with […]
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Hamilton Haven aids local kindergarten students with summer reading
PRESCOTT — Blevins’ Randy Hughes Elementary, Nevada Elementary School, and Prescott Elementary school received more than 125 books from Prescott nonprofit Hamilton Haven. Dr. Kimberly Turner is the principal of the Blevins schools. Tonda Pennington […]
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UAHT James Black School of Bladesmithing and Historic Trades to offer blacksmithing course June 20–21
HOPE – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana James Black School of Bladesmithing and Historic Trades will offer a hands-on blacksmithing course June 20–21, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Led by instructor Luke Sorensen, […]
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