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U.S. Senate OKs highway bill

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 8:11pm

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas stands to receive more than $1 billion in highway funds from the $109 billion highway authorization bill passed by the Senate on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark.,...

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Updated: Mar 14, 2012 7:17pm

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UAPB, State Chamber to offer free workshop

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 3:33pm

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Economic Research and Development Center will collaborate with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce to offer a free training.

The Arkansas...

Livestock workshop set for April 7

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 3:39pm

A workshop for cow-calf producers is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 7 in room 7 of the Lee County Extension office in Marianna.

Ondieki Gekara, an animal scientist at the University of Arkansas...

Miller inducted into Tri-Beta at college

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 4:40pm

Heileigh Miller of Pine Bluff was inducted into Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) national honor society for biological sciences at Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge March 9. Tri-Beta honors...

Free tax help offered in Dallas County

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 7:47pm

Residents in Dallas County can receive help from Central Arkansas Development Council, which is offering free tax preparation assistance.

Many workers will qualify for the Earned Income...

Animal Control invites public to event

Updated: Mar 13, 2012 1:24pm

Pine Bluff Animal Control is inviting Pine Bluff residents to visit the facility located in Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 901 N. Haverty St., this Saturday.

Animal Control will be open to the...

Correction

Updated: Mar 13, 2012 6:00pm

The Benchmark Kickoff at 34th Avenue Elementary School, 801 E. 34th Ave., will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. The date in Tuesday’s edition was submitted incorrectly.

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EOC board to meet Thursday

Updated: Mar 13, 2012 1:54pm

The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Economic Opportunities Commission Inc. will hold its monthly board meeting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center, 211 W. Third Ave.

Center Grove water group to meet

Updated: Mar 13, 2012 2:46pm

Center Grove Water Association will hold its monthly meeting in the water office at Sheridan Thursday at 7 p.m. followed by the annual meeting.

Nicholas Deaver, left, and Marquez Brently, right, were the top readers at Edgewood Elementary School. (Special to The Commercial)

Edgewood students succeed at reader tests

Updated: Mar 14, 2012 1:55pm

Edgewood Elementary School students recently passed 1,060 Accelerated Reader tests. The school participated in a nationwide contest to pass the most tests in one day.

The top readers were...

Corps issues advisory for Arkansas River

Updated: Mar 13, 2012 6:01pm

The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River because rains have pushed flows above safe levels for small craft.

Advisories are issued when flows...

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