November 2024

State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK – The governor unveiled a new pay plan for state employees that she will present for legislative approval during the 2025 regular session.At the announcement of the pay plan, she said it was the fulfillment of a promise she made when campaigning for office.

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Highland High School Boys & Girls State 2024

This year the American Legion Post 346 in Cherokee Village was able to provide sponsorship money to two young men; Deaglan Ragan and Charles Tompkins and four young ladies; Taci Humphries, Madalyn Ross, Emily Jines and Emma Sedgwick, to attend the Boys & Girls State program held at University of Central Arkansas in Conway in June.The program was started in 1940 and has had over 60,000 participants.

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Baxter Health’s Pugsley honored with the ACHE 2024 Regent’s Award for Early Career Healthcare Executive

Tobias Pugsley, Baxter Health vice president of marketing & communications, was honored with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) 2024 Regent’s Award for Early Career Healthcare Executive at the Arkansas Hospital Association 2024 Annual Meeting Awards Lunch on Thursday, Oct.

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