By The Rev. Bob Holland Kentucky is having amazingly warm weather for February and actually broke records the other day. My grass is turning green and soon everything will be budding and we will be out mowing. Kentucky has also been in the news about having a spiritual revival at the Asbury College campus for the last several weeks. We are encouraged to see that many revivals are now happening around the…
From Best Friends Animal Society Best Friends Animal Society, the leading national animal organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters by 2025, applauds the Arkansas State Legislature and bill sponsors Rep. DeAnn Vaught and Sen. Ricky Hill for the successful passage of HB 1182. This ground breaking and lifesaving legislation will expand access to veterinary care for Arkansans by empowering veterinary technicians to perform additional procedures,…
Trey Steimel, Arkansas State Representative In the 8th week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passedSB294. This bill creates the LEARNS Act and outlines several educational reforms. SB294 raises the minimum teacher salary to $50,000 a year and raises current teacher salaries by $2,000. It requires that students be reading at a 3rd-grade level before advancing to the 4th grade. It also calls for 120 reading coaches to be deployed statewide…
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and Arkansas 4-H will host the 2023 Arkansas SeaPerch Challenge, an underwater robotics competition, on Friday, March 3 at the University of Arkansas – Little Rock Aquatic Center. An estimated 200 students will represent 61 teams from 12counties at the event. Event participation has grown by more than 400 percent since 2016. The Sea Perch is a remotely-operated submersible built from more than three dozen parts, including…
The Sharp County Library in Hardy will be offering Ebooks for patrons to check out. Visit the library to learn more.
