The Real Deals: Benton County farm sells for $6.65 million
An 80-acre farm in western Benton County has a new owner after a recent transaction worth $6.65 million. The purchase price equals $83,125 per acre. Za Chawn Lian and Biak…
Florida agricultural officials invoke protections for more than 500 acres of farm land
The protection of the agricultural Flagler and Putnam county lands will also preserve some wildlife areas as well. More than 500 new acres of agricultural land in North Florida is…
Women’s Foundation expands program to Northwest Arkansas
Little Rock-based philanthropic organization Women’s Foundation of Arkansas recently invested $90,000 to expand its Women’s Economic Mobility Hub to Northwest Arkansas, according to the organization. Through a partnership with Conexión…
Florida Poly enrollment hits record high as campus expansions are underway
Florida Polytechnic University welcomed its new class of students Monday, with record-breaking enrollment of more than 1,900. That’s a more than 10% increase over last year’s historic enrollment and the…
UAFS sees big increase in freshmen, transfer enrollment
Changes in student recruitment, better access to financial support, and a new student “portal” at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) are factors in big enrollment gains among…
Florida’s new ‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors
Lucy Johnson didn’t know a shuttered prison down the road would soon hold as many as 2,000 immigrant detainees until a reporter told her. Standing under her carport as ribs…
Jared Willis: The real cost of KOSA
As states across the nation grapple with the rise of social media, a generation whose formative years occurred during an isolating national pandemic, and the very real harm that children…
‘Selfless dedication’: Commission makes recommendations to improve practices at Circles of Care
Better connections between patients and staff, judges and providers, and other community-based coalitions will lead to better health outcomes. Those are the results of work by an independent commission put…
Crime is underreported, but not just in Washington, D.C., where Trump claims data is inaccurate
The Trump administration criticized Washington, D.C., crime statistics in response to pushback to the president’s deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital. Homicide and carjacking rates in Washington,…
Florida unemployment figure holds steady at 3.7% for fourth straight month
Florida’s unemployment rate has now held steady for four months straight. FloridaCommerce, the state’s business development bureau, released the jobless figures for July showing the unemployment rate remains unchanged at…