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West Tennessee Construction January 15-22, 2025
There will be possible DAYTIME or NIGHTTIME lane closures at various locations in Region 4 to make repairs or new installs on an as needed basis at various locations throughout the 21 counties. DISTRICT 47 CARROLL COUNTY SR-76 (US-79): The...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on Friday, July 4...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on Friday, July 4...

United States Mint Arkansas American Innovation® $1 Coin Products Available on January 7
Washington, DC, Jan. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Mint (Mint) opened sales for rolls and bags containing the first American Innovation $1 Coin of 2025 on January 7 at noon EST. The reverse (tails) design of the coins in these...

West Tennessee Construction January 8-15, 2025
There will be possible DAYTIME or NIGHTTIME lane closures at various locations in Region 4 to make repairs or new installs on an as needed basis at various locations throughout the 21 counties. District 47 CARROLL COUNTY SR-76 (US-79): The...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

West Tennessee Construction January 1-8, 2025
There will be possible DAYTIME or NIGHTTIME lane closures at various locations in Region 4 to make repairs or new installs on an as needed basis at various locations throughout the 21 counties. District 47 CARROLL COUNTY SR-76 (US-79): The...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Arkansas Has Nation’s Fourth-Highest Roadway Fatality Rate
Fatality Demographics Seventy percent of the 4,089 fatality victims (2,865) were male and 30% (1,222) were female (data for two fatalities did not include the sex of the victims). The age group that experienced the highest number of roadway...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Exemptions From Childhood Vaccines Reach All-Time High in Arkansas, Nation
Arkansas’s rate of exemptions has risen every year since the 2015-16 school year, when 1.2% of kindergarten students had non-medical exemptions and 0.1% had medical exemptions. In 2016 and 2017, Arkansas experienced a mumps outbreak with nearly...

Arkansas Governor, Local and Community Leaders Congratulate Standard Lithium, Equinor for U.S. Department of Energy Provisional Grant up to US$225 million
LEWISVILLE, Ark., Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium”) (TSXV:SLI) (NYSE American:SLI), a leading near-commercial lithium development company and Equinor, a global energy leader, is pleased to share that its...

Arkansas Joins Growing Movement To Restrict Cellphones in Schools
Arkansas has joined a growing number of states that support cellphone restrictions in schools. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently launched a pilot program to create “phone-free” schools as part of a broader effort to improve student mental...

Modified District Government Services for Independence Day
(Washington, DC) – On Friday, July 4, District Government will observe Independence Day. While some services will be affected, many District employees will continue serving to maintain essential District operations. What's Open on FRIDAY, JULY 4...

Arkansas Sees Decline in Life Expectancy, Ranks 45th Nationally
Arkansas ranks near the bottom of all states in the nation when it comes to life expectancy. According to a new National Vital Statistics System report, average life expectancy in Arkansas in 2021 was 72.5 years, placing the state at 45th in a...

Navy to Christen Future Attack Submarine Arkansas
The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800) will be commissioned on Dec. 7, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. EST at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, will deliver the...

SWA Lithium Advances and Derisks DLE Technology with Field-Testing at South West Arkansas Lithium Project
SWA Lithium and Koch Technology Solutions Teams Collaborate to Design, Build, and Operate a Field-Pilot DLE Facility to Confirm Engineering Design for SWA Project Samples of Battery-Quality Lithium Carbonate Produced from the Field-Based Pilot...