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Annual Watermelon Festival Dog Show Impresses!

August 7, 2026 Davis Johnson 0

HOPE – Headlining the opening day for the Hope Watermelon Festival was the Annual Dog Show on the Hope Public Schools Stage. The sponsors were the City of Hope Animal Shelter and Hope for Paws. […]

A Taste of the Hope Watermelon Olympics

August 7, 2026 Davis Johnson 0

HOPE – On Thursday, August 6th, this year’s Watermelon Olympics, sponsored by Hope Parks & Recreation, brought four teams against each other in four games. Here is some of the action:

Kay Frances Nelson – Updated

August 6, 2026 Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Homes-Prescott 0

Kay Frances Nelson, 80, of Bluff City, Arkansas, passed away on August 3, 2026. Mrs. Nelson was born on July 24, 1946, to Helen Marie McBride Cox and Lois Howard Cox in Prescott, Arkansas. Kay […]

Jocelyn Balagot introduced at Governor’s mansion

August 6, 2026 State Representative Dolly Henley 0

State Representative Dolly Henley: I was honored to attend the 2027 Arkansas Teacher of the Year recognition event Thursday morning at the Governor’s mansion. Congratulations to Hope Public Schools, Yerger Middle School 8th grade algebra […]

Breaking: Arrest made in connection with July 17th, 2026, homicide

August 6, 2026 Eric Green - Hope Police Department 0

HOPE – On Thursday, August 6th, 2026, at 1:27pm, detectives arrested Kevin Lozano, 19 of Hope, AR in the 900 block of South Elm Street, pursuant to a warrant issued from the 8th North Circuit […]

Lithium-ION Battery Operations Responder Course

August 6, 2026 Pamela Primm-Purifoy 0

PRESCOTT – Lithium-ION Battery Operations Responder Course. Fire Fighters/1st Responders attended course. Fire Departments in attendance included Bluff City, Delight, Bodcaw, Nevada County Fire & Rescue, Prescott, Cale, Rosston, Fair Hills, Mineral Springs, and Cross […]

Hope Watermelon Festival Officially Opens With Ribbon-Cutting

August 6, 2026 Paul Oller 0

The 50th annual Hope Watermelon Festival officially kicked off Thursday (8-6) at noon with a ribbon-cutting in the Fair Park Coliseum. The public is invited to come enjoy all the fun through Saturday at Fair […]