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Arkansas Health & Wellness Partners with Sober Sidekick to Transform Substance Use Disorder Recovery Across Arkansas
Swark Today - Arkansas
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By Press Release Innovative digital app offers increased support for substance use recovery LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 2025) – Arkansas Health & Wellness, administrator of Ambetter health insurance, today announced a strategic partnership with...
Arkansas Supreme Court authorizes judge suspensions, orders cooperation with disciplinary probes
Arkansas Times
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June 13, 2025
A five-member majority of the Arkansas Supreme Court granted the state judicial discipline commission’s request for changes to the rules for judges’ and justices’ conduct in a Thursday per curiam order. The changes concern accusations of judicial...
The Arkansas Newswrap: June 13, 2025
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
FEMA is in Arkansas helping victims from the spring storms. We'll tell you how you can get financial assistance. New funding goes toward researching the effects of smokeless tobacco on teens. And we go below deck to visit one of central Arkansas’...
Business owners discuss how Meadow Creek’s rising tides can lift BV boats
The Chaffee County Times - Colorado
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When Jed Selby came to Buena Vista in the early 2000s, he had a vision of a new urbanist community by the Arkansas River on what was then the town dump. He also had a dream that he had carried with him since discovering the Grateful Dead as a...
Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘The Insider’ (1999) Tuesday
Arkansas Times
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June 13, 2025
ARKANSAS TIMES FILM SERIES: ‘THE INSIDER’ (1999) TUESDAY 6/17. Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. 6:30 p.m. $12-$14. In 1996, “60 Minutes” ran a controversial interview with biochemist Jeffery Wigland in which he alleged that the company he’d been fired...
FYI Calendar: The Theatre Collective of Northwest Arkansas is casting “Steel Magnolias” for the stage
Free Weekly - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
Full Of Pride! Gay Friendship Bracelets — Come to The Library Vintage anytime during the month of June to meet new people and help make gay friendship bracelets to pass out at the Pride parade. Store is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and...
Little Rock Weekend Guide: June 12-15
Little Rock Soiree - Arkansas
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June 12, 2025
The weather may be a little iffy, but the forecast still calls for fun. Let’s get into it. Thursday, June 12 Ladies Night Out at Painted Tree // Retail therapy is real, especially when your girlfriends are involved. Load up and meet up at the WLR...
Extension to help Arkansans apply for USDA Local Agriculture Market Program grants
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
LITTLE ROCK — Amanda Philyaw Perez, extension associate professor of food systems and food safety specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said she encourages Arkansas farmers to take advantage of $26.5 million in...
Beloved Little Rock staple Baja Grill set to close its doors soon
KTHV - Arkansas
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June 12, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A beloved Little Rock staple has announced that it will be closing its doors soon. After more than a decade in business, the crew at Baja Grill took to social media on Thursday to announce that their restaurant location in The...
Judge orders Little Rock to seek waiver from state law for removing Confederate statue
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 12, 2025
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James ordered the city of Little Rock to seek a waiver from the Arkansas History Commission within 10 days for its removal of a Confederate monument in at MacArthur Park. The June 10 ruling comes after a bench...
Judge orders Little Rock to seek waiver from state law for removing Confederate statue
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 12, 2025
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James ordered the city of Little Rock to seek a waiver from the Arkansas History Commission within 10 days for its removal of a Confederate monument in at MacArthur Park. The June 10 ruling comes after a bench...
Virginia bank sells stake in doctor-focused fintech partner
American Banker - New York
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June 13, 2025
A Virginia bank expects to realize a $22 million gain on the sale of part of its interest in a fintech partner that lends to medical professionals.Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg Primis Financial in McLean, Virginia, is reaping a $22 million...
Weekly Column from the Arkansas House of Representatives 6-13-25
Swark Today - Arkansas
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This week, several members of the Arkansas House of Representatives traded their suits for aprons and served meals, not in the Capitol, but at the annual Serving Up Solutions fundraiser. This event supports the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, and...
House Financial Services Committee approves ‘trigger leads’ bill
JD Supra - California
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June 13, 2025
The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that would restrict the use of “trigger leads” in the mortgage industry. The committee approved H.R. 2808, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act in a 46-0 vote. Companion legislation has...
North Little Rock celebrates groundbreaking for Hilton Tempo Hotel
KARK - Arkansas
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June 11, 2025
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The city of North Little Rock continues to grow, and a new addition is coming to the skyline as city leaders broke ground Wednesday on the new Hilton Tempo hotel. What began as a simple ceremony turned into a celebration,...
Beth Anne Rankin Baker seeks 2026 Republican nomination for Arkansas House seat
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 13, 2025
Consultant Beth Anne Rankin Baker of Magnolia, who served as a policy advisor and director of state-federal affairs for Gov. Mike Huckabee, will seek the 2026 Republication nomination in District 99 in the state House of Representatives -- a House...
Arkansas 45th in child well-being study, but …
Batesville Daily Guard - Arkansas
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Arkansas ranked 45th in child well-being in the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The foundation annually ranks states based on four “domains.” Arkansas was 47th in health, 45th in economic well-being,...
Fed bans Arkansas banker; Pennsylvania credit unions to join
American Banker - New York
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June 13, 2025
In this week's banking news roundup: The Federal Reserve Board banned a former relationship banker in Arkansas after he was caught stealing customer funds; Benchmark Federal Credit Union plans to merge with Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union to...
Armor Bank Opens Branch in West Little Rock
Arkansas Business
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June 12, 2025
Armor Bank of Forrest City CEO Chad May recently announced the opening of the bank’s new branch in west Little Rock. The branch is located at 16107 Chenal Parkway, a site formerly occupied by Arvest Bank. “We’re excited to expand our footprint to...
You can find family fun & fresh produce at BJ's Market Cafe in North Little Rock
KTHV - Arkansas
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June 12, 2025
This historic cafe has been serving the North Little Rock community for over 25 years with delicious fresh food and produce to go. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — This week, Eat It Up is diving into omelets, catfish, and pie at BJ's Market Cafe in North...