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HOPE – The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office has been notified by the Arkansas State Medical Examiners Office that the skeletal remains found on December 15, 2019 in the woods off highway 174 South of Hope […]

WASHINGTON – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will host a special “Cutting Competition” in Historic Washington, Arkansas, on January 17 at 1:00 p.m. as part of the events planned to celebrate the grand opening of […]

Historic Washington State Park opened 2020 with a weaving workshop on January 4th.   Mr. Paul Oller caught several Hope residents there including Carolyn Spencer, Glenda Burkham, and Jean McAlister.  He also got a shot of […]

It is a tradition every year for the head Bobcat Basketball Coaches to visit the Hope Kiwanis Club and they did that on the first meeting of the year.  Coach Susan Powers gave an update […]

The Hope Lions Club heard an enlightening program on January 6th when Kenoshia Brown came to speak.  Brown is Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with the Arkansas Division of Services for the Blind.  She has an office […]

HOPE – Cindy Lance has been selected as the new Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. Lance began her employment at the college in 1998 as an accounting instructor. […]

The Hope City Board held their first meeting of 2020 in Tuesday. The meeting opened with prayer and Mayor Steve Montgomery asked everyone to remember the family of former fire chief Joe Don Webb in […]

HOPE – On December 30, 2019, at approximately 10:23am, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested Daknezia Green, 23, of Hope, Arkansas and charged her with theft of property. The arrest occurred in the 300 […]

The Hempstead County Quorum Court has scheduled a special election to be held concurrently with the primary election.  This special election will ask the voters of Hempstead County to grant a one cent sales and […]

WASHINGTON – In the early 1830s, James Black crafted the most famous Bowie Knife ever forged for James Bowie in Washington, Arkansas. James Black, with his fire and forge, shaped the history and legacy of […]