3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (506+ words) A former candidate for Arkansas secretary of state is objecting after he was removed from his local Republican Party committee and accused of violating party rules. Bryan Norris, who lost the March runoff to state Sen. Kim Hammer, said the…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (689+ words) There’s no such thing as a slam dunk court case, but the constitutional argument against prior restraint comes close. For nearly a century, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against efforts to prevent news outlets from publishing material. That includes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (527+ words) A utility company is asking a federal judge to stop a newspaper from telling the public what it already knows. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette should be allowed to publish every page it has on the deal between Entergy Arkansas and Google,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) The Democratic Party of Arkansas and the NAACP Arkansas State Conference are calling for a review of state police’s use-of-force policy after a video released over the weekend showed an officer pulling a man by his dreadlocks and punching him…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (163+ words) The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for its next class of inductees. The hall honors Arkansans who have made significant contributions to agriculture, the state’s largest industry, and to its economic development. Since the first class was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (849+ words) Baxter Health will receive nearly $19.8 million through Arkansas’ new rural health grant program, more than any other single organization in the state’s first round of awards. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced $149.3 million in Rural Health Transformation Program grants on Aug....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (451+ words) Two candidates are seeking to fill the vacancy left by Republican Rep. Austin McCollum’s resignation following domestic violence charges this month. Republican Kara Armas of Pea Ridge and Democrat Parker Stohlton of Bella Vista filed by the noon deadline Friday…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (489+ words) The head of Arkansas State Police said Monday he would be unable to appear before the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus to discuss a state trooper punching an 18-year-old during a traffic stop because of pending litigation. Col. Mike Hagar had…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (285+ words) The Vada Sheid Community Development Center is asking the Twin Lakes Area to tune in Thursday, when the woman it is named for joins the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame. Sheid, who died in 2008, was the first woman to serve…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (250+ words) Arkansas has a new state fire marshal, an office whose work reaches into every city and county in the state, including Baxter County. The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management announced Monday that Director A.J. Gary had appointed John Hogue to the…...