Arkansas and federal officials say more than $9.6 million in state and federal disaster assistance has been made available to residents affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. Officials say more than $8.1 million in housing assistance and nearly $1.5 …
The Arkansas Farm Bureau says more than 1 million acres of farmland in the state have been swamped by flooding over the past few weeks, and the economic impact will be greater than $500 million. The Farm Bureau, which lobbies …
A small plane has crashed near the northeastern Arkansas town of Bono but the lone person on board apparently is uninjured. A dispatcher for Bono police says the crop duster went down Monday morning near a local airstrip and that …
Members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation have announced a $335,250 grant to help rural and volunteer firefighters in the state. U.S. Rep. Mike Ross and Sen. Mark Pryor, both D-Ark., said Wednesday that the Arkansas Rural and Volunteer Firefighters Association will …
A judge has signed an order that awards the former Dogpatch USA amusement park in north Arkansas to the rider of an all-terrain vehicle who was injured on the property. Circuit Judge Shawn Womack ruled that the property is to …
A federal anti-discrimination agency says a psychiatric in-patient treatment center has agreed to pay $87,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming retaliation was the motive for firing four employees. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission announced the …
A National Guard helicopter plucked six stranded Louisiana Boy Scouts from a southwest Arkansas forest Tuesday morning and delivered them safely to nervous parents waiting at a camp supply store nearby. The boys and two adult leaders had been missing …
Water pushed beyond the banks of rivers in east Arkansas on April 27, flooding homes and flowing over fields where many farmers had already postponed planting because of an unlikely stretch of wet weather during a drought. On the two …
Nearly 58,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity following severe storms across Arkansas that left at least 11 people dead. Entergy Arkansas reported more than 47,000 outages on April 27 with the largest number being more than 9,400 in Garland …
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he has sued a Texas-based company claiming to offer a quick fix for a damaged credit history, and illegally collecting fees in advance. A news release from McDaniel’s office said he had filed suit …