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Arkansas – Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a series of appointments to several Arkansas state commissions and boards. Landon Downing, Batesville, appointed to fill the remaining term of Deborah Smith. Term expires January 14, 2034. JD Neeley, Camden, appointed to fill the remaining term of Robert Bevis....

Bryant police are doing all they can to stay cool amid a recent bout of hot weather, which includes helping their K9 officers beat the heat.

A coalition of local faith leaders is calling on Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to stop the implementation of Arkansas’ new law authorizing nitrogen gas executions.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arkansas’ LEARNS Act argued in federal court filings this week that they have standing in the case and asked a judge to reject a motion to dismiss the suit. The LEARNS Act is a 2023 law that made sweeping changes to Arkansas’ K-12 education system. Among...

LITTLE ROCK — The number of active burn bans for the state of Arkansas now stands at 25. That means one-third of the county’s 75 counties are under an active burn ban. Most of Southeast Arkansas and a growing part of the western part of the state have added burn bans in recent days. That includes a majority of the...

A bright meteor fireball streaked over northern Arkansas early Sunday, NASA reported, passing over Gateway at 1:35 a.m. UTC on Aug. 17 (Aug. 16 at 8:35 p.m. CST).

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Power has now been restored to nearly all the households that were left in the dark during yesterday's storm. There are some new outages in the southwest part of the state from additional storms today. Fewer than 5,000 customers are now without power statewide,...

A Conway police officer fired for her response to a deadly mass shooting at Fifth Avenue Park is appealing her termination, arguing she is being unfairly targeted despite years of decorated service.

This school year, a surge of families applied for Arkansas' Education Freedom Accounts, the school voucher program that is part of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' LEARNS Act. Little Rock Public Radio's Josie Lenora has more on a banner year for the controversial program. The EFA program gives families...

Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in Arkansas using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade, culture & diversity grade, and parent / student surveys. You can read more about the methodology here. Online...