Zachary J Jamora of Cherokee Village, Ark., was named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List at the University of Central Ar kansas. Jamora was among more than 1,300 students named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List.
I’ve been honored to serve on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees to help craft policies fulfilling the promise we made to men and women who served in our nation’s uniform by expanding access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, benefits and services.
With more than 800,000 visitors a year, the Buffalo National River is one of the leading tourist destinations in Arkansas. This year, the Buffalo National River celebrates its 50th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service.
The Arkansas School Safety Commission has been set up again to update measures to protect students while they are in school. The governor issued an executive order to reinstate the commission in the wake of the mass murder of 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.
Every year for the last 75 years, the Farm Family of the Year program of the State of Arkansas holds a competition between family-owned farms across the state. This annual competition, beginning at the county level, moving up to the district and finally the statelevel Farm Family of the Year, demonstrates how important the family farming industry is to Arkansas agriculture, as well as the commitment to the work ethic and family values this state holds so important in its local communities and beyond.
Turtles are on the move all over Arkansas, and many can be found alongside roads in rural and suburban areas thanks to a wet, relatively cool spring that created excellent foraging areas in ditches and grassy areas beside the hustle of daily traffic. Many turtles are finishing up their annual breeding and egg-laying cycles, which also puts them on the move.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Austin Booth applauded the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act on Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives. Booth compared HR 2773 as the modern-day equivalent of the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts. These two pieces of legislation have funded the conservation efforts that fueled the greatest comeback story for wildlife management in the history of the world, Booth said.
Week of June 13 and June 17 Star of the Week 1 Game Score Plus Handicap John Watts 196 June 13 Game Winners Pit 1 Watts and Howe 194 Pit 2 Hollis and Bass 182 Pit 3 Lewis and Lofquist 191 June 17 Game Winners Pit 1 Clementi and Watts 177 Pit 2 Prusak and Howe 187 .
Thanks to donors’ generosity, 24 single parents across Arkansas received endowed scholarships for the Spring 2022 semester. The flexible scholarship of up to $1,200 helps single parents pay for the biggest financial obstacles to obtaining a degree that can lead to a career with familysupporting wages.
Sharp County Fair is just around the corner and will be held July 5 through July 9. Veterans Day at the fair is Thursday, July 7 at 10 a.m.