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Hope City Board
The Hope City Board met for their first meeting of February on Tuesday evening. The board first voted, on recommendation of the Hope Housing Authority board, to reappoint former Hope Mayor Floyd Young to the […]
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Hope Kiwanis Hears From Hope Students
The Hope Kiwanis Club had a great program on Tuesday February 6th. Kiwanian Ashlea Stewart who is the principal at Clinton Primary brought Media Specialist Casey Schoenberg of the Southwest Educational Coop who in turn […]
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Watson discusses interim meeting
HOPE/PRESCOTT – State Rep. Danny Watson has been in Little Rock lately during what he calls the “off season” for the legislature. The purpose for this interim session, he said, is to prepare for the […]
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Hope Lions Hear UAHT Chancellor
The Hope Lions Club heard from University of Arkansas Hope/Texarkana Chancellor Chris Thomason on Monday February 5th. Thomason noted the college’s spring enrollment is 1,453 which is up 2.3% above last year. Thomason also noted […]
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Quorum Court Holds Special Called Meeting
The Hempstead County Quorum Court met in special session Monday February 5th. The JP’S first heard from Judge Haskell Morse about the availability of Hazard Mitigation finds for the road department. The application has to […]
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Hempstead County Bicentennial Committee Meets
The Hempstead County Bicentennial Committee met Monday February 5th at the Tailgaters meeting room. Josh Williams chaired the meeting. A promotions and advertising report was given by Beckie Moore. She noted at the recent press […]
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Traffic stop leads to drug bust
HOPE – On Sunday, February 4, at approximately 11:47 a.m., while working criminal interdiction on Interstate 30, Deputy Reyn Brown conducted a traffic stop on a red Mercury Regency at mile marker 23 eastbound, […]
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Beads, Bags and Bangles March 1
HOPE – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will hold the 12th Annual Beads, Bags, and Bangles Kids’ College fundraiser on Thursday, March 1, from 6-9 p.m. at the Hope Municipal Airport in Hope, Arkansas. […]
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60th Annual Mardi Gras spaghetti lunch and super on February 13th
Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church is hosting their 60th Annual Mardi Gras spaghetti lunch and super on February 13th the serving times will be 11:00am until 7:00pm. Tickets are $10. The spaghetti lunch […]
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38 Special came Rockin into the Night at Hempstead Hall
Hempstead Hall went Rockin into the night on Friday night, February 2nd with southern rock band 38 Special. The band consists of Don Barnes, Danny Chauncey, Bobby Capps, Gary Moffatt, and newest band member Barry […]
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Governor Hutchinson’s Weekly Address: Remembering Early African-American Arkansas Legislators
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Hutchinson’s weekly radio address can be found in MP3 format and downloaded HERE<https://t.e2ma.net/click/9ckddd/d0onv1/59ec1wb>. February is Black History Month, and it is important that we as Arkansans reflect on the extraordinary contributions […]
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Active shooter exercise held at NSD
ROSSTON – An active shooter scenario was enacted at Nevada School Friday afternoon. Jim Cross, director of the Nevada County Office of Emergency Management (OEM), held the drill as part of the OEM’s annual requirement […]