Arkansas has gotten a big check from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced Wednesday that the state received more than $49.5 million this week as its annual share of proceeds from the agreement, …
City officials in Prairie Grove in Washington County are considering eliminating the city’s three sirens that are used to warn residents of dangerous weather – including tornadoes. Administrative services director Larry Oelrich says the sirens are 14-years-old and would cost …
Pocahontas Aluminum Co. Inc., a company that employs about 85 workers and manufactures aluminum window and door products, has been cited by OSHA with 19 alleged serious and five alleged repeat safety and health violations at the company’s facility in …
Storms that killed seven people in Arkansas and left a trail of downed power lines and toppled trees also did some harm to agricultural interests. University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture says some wheat fields were flattened in Lonoke County, …
A historic bridge has collapsed in Conway County after the driver of a 9-ton truck drove over the structure that has a 3-ton weight limit. The Fryer Bridge is a metal truss that’s one of the last of its kind …
The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a magnitude 3.6 earthquake near Greenbrier in central Arkansas. No injuries or damage is reported. The quake was recorded at 9:34 p.m. about two miles northeast of Greenbrier. The site is about 35 miles …
An arson at a National Public Radio affiliate in Arkansas and possible transmission wire tampering at a station in Texas were being investigated as separate incidents on April 4, but authorities said they would work to determine if the two …
Another in a series of small earthquakes has been recorded in central Arkansas. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 3.3 quake was recorded at 2:56 p.m. on Mar. 22 about one mile northwest of Greenbrier. The location is …