Hempstead County News

Rethinking student success: How UA Hope-Texarkana helps students succeed, Part 2

October 12, 2026 Casey Curtis-UAHT Communications 0

Expanding on the original article series by ACC, Rethinking Student Success: Arkansas’s Workforce Story (https://www.arkansascc.org/news) HOPE – Built for the Workforce: Turning Education Into Opportunity For many students at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, […]

Taste of Hope Award Winners

October 10, 2026 Hope Downtown Network 0

Hope Downtown Network: Let’s give another round of applause to our Taste of Hope Award Winners! Congratulations!

Health Fair underway in Hope

October 10, 2026 Dale Gathright, Jr. 0

Columbus native Katie Webb Gladden recognized for service to Arkansas Supreme Court

October 10, 2026 Jim Jackson 0

(Attorney Jim Jackson, also a Columbus native, shared this news) LITTLE ROCK – My hometown of Columbus, Arkansas, has fewer than 100 people, but Friday it was well represented at the Arkansas Supreme Court. Chief […]

Weekly Legislative Report

October 10, 2026 State Representative Dolly Henley 0

Although the 2027 Regular Session is still several months away, much of the work that shapes the state’s budget is already underway. This week, Arkansas lawmakers began Pre-Session Budget Hearings, an important part of preparing […]

Elevated fire danger in Hope-Prescott Region

October 10, 2026 National Weather Service-Shreveport 0

Blevins City Council meets

October 9, 2026 Eric Mclaurin 0

BLEVINS – The Blevins City Council meeting was called to order by the mayor on October 6th at 7:00 PM. Board members present: Barbara Patterson, Jon Howell, Kimberly Torres, Eric Smith and Bruce Graham. An […]

Blevins man charged with Theft of Property

October 9, 2026 Sheriff James Singleton 0

HOPE – On October 2nd, Hempstead County Deputy Pennington responded to the department’s lobby in reference to someone needing to file a report. Upon arrival, Deputy Pennington made contact with the victim who provided the […]

Water Advisory: harmful algae bloom at Bois d’Arc Lake

October 9, 2026 Arkansas Game & Fish Commission 0

Hope students chosen to participate in the inaugural Henderson State Honor Band

October 8, 2026 Hope Public Schools Band 0

HOPE – Please help us congratulate the following students on being selected to represent Hope Public Schools and the Sound of Hope as they travel to Henderson State University to participate in the inaugural Henderson […]

BDO Zone “AA” rating for Prescott Industrial Park

October 7, 2026 BDO Zone Initiative 0

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS – Southwest Arkansas Development Alliance, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative are pleased to announce the issue of a BDO Zone ‘AA’ Rating for Southwest Arkansas. The BDO Zone is rated for 1,026,000 […]

Southwest Arkansas crashes claim two lives

October 7, 2026 Dale Gathright, Jr. 0

Two crashes in recent days have claimed the lives of two southwest Arkansas men. RURAL HEMPSTEAD COUNTY – Payton B. Jordan, 18, of Nashville, died Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway 371 in Hempstead County. According to […]

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