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Award winning Arkansas broadcaster passes

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One of the longest serving news anchors in state history has passed. Bur Edson, the trusted face of KFSM in Fort Smith/Fayetteville's evening newscasts for over two decades, died Wednesday night at the age of 77.Edson died after...
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Flags to fly at Full Staff for Inauguration

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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered that the United States flag and the state flag of Arkansas be raised to full staff at the Arkansas Capitol and all state buildings at sunrise on Monday, January 20, 2025 in honor of President Trump’s inauguration....

ASP investigating Eudora homicide

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EUDORA, Ark. — The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Arkansas State Police (ASP) is investigating the death of Jamarion Plummer, 25, of Eudora at the request of the Eudora Police Department (EPD).The incident occurred on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at approximately 8:15...
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ASP investigating officer involved shooting in Maumelle

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MAUMELLE, Ark. — The Maumelle Police Department (MPD) has requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Crystal Hill Road on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at around 2 p.m.MPD was assisting Metropolitan Emergency Medical...

UAMS receives grant for school emergency response program

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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a community-based emergency response program Little Rock schools.“We are grateful to have...
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Legislators support fair and reasonable rates for pharmacies in new rule

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The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday approved legislation requiring health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacies “at fair and reasonable rates.”The new rule is effective Jan. 1 and followed a vote which would have cleared the way to reject the legislation.In...
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Nuclear One power plant celebrates 50 years of operation

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), the state’s only operational nuclear power plant, proudly celebrates 50 years of commercial operation this December. Since Unit 1 began generating reliable electricity in 1974, ANO team members have delivered safe, clean and reliable energy to Arkansas,...

18-year federal sentence for man convicted of possessing fentanyl

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LITTLE ROCK—Edmond Quatrell Blue, a multi-convicted felon caught with more than a kilogram of fentanyl, will spend the next 18 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced...
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