Coroners December SUIDI Course...
The Arkansas Coroners Association is offering an 8-hour SUIDI Course in Benton.
The Arkansas Coroners Association is offering an 8-hour SUIDI Course in Benton.
The collectors will meet at Hilton Garden Inn in Little Rock/ Pulaski County.
The Sheriffs Association will hold its winter 2025 meeting at the Mariott in Little Rock.
The treasurers will meet at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock/Pulaski County.
County Clerks will meet at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock/Pulaski County.
Circuit Clerks will meet at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock/Pulaski County.
County Judges will meet at the Wyndham Hotel in North Little Rock/Pulaski County.
The state has purchased 815 acres in Charleston for $2.95 million to build a new prison to help alleviate overcrowding that requires housing inmates in county jails, Arkansas officials announced Thursday.
The University of Central Arkansas Police Department announced that it was recently selected to participate in the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership Sentinel Project and has received a Thermo Scientific TruNarc Handheld Analyzer to conduct field-based presumptive exams on suspected narcotics, precursors and cutting agents.
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced several appointments including the appointment of a justice of the peace in Logan County.
Registration is open for the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference
The position of Poinsett County Sheriff/Collector may be two separate positions under a proposal headed to the state legislature next year. At its meeting Monday evening, the Poinsett County Quorum Court approved a resolution expressing support for legislation to separate both offices. According to the resolution, nearly a third of the state’s 75 counties have consolidated offices for Sheriff and Collector with officials saying it will be more effective and efficient to separate the offices.
A $17.35 million funding infusion will help central Arkansas expand and grow its transportation options. A Metroplan spokesperson said Monday that the agency is funding projects in nine cities and two counties through block grants for project design or construction. Funding improvements will ease traffic flow and add to the growing central Arkansas trail system to access and link cities throughout the region.
A Poinsett County Sheriff’s Lieutenant was awarded for his courageous acts of service in the line of duty. A ceremony at the Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting on Monday, Oct. 14, honored Lt. Jay-Ryan Woods with the Invictus Award.
A new women’s facility was dedicated on Thursday, Oct. 10 at John 3:16 Ministries in Charlotte. John 3:16 Ministries has been helping both men and women who have been struggling with addiction for years, and a couple of weeks ago they opened their new women’s facility. It has 40 beds.
For the first time, Arkansas election officials have added artificial intelligence to their list of concerns while preparing for a general election.
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