The head of the organization responsible for electrical power transmission across a large part of the South addressed several issues that affect Hempstead County and the need for growth in the electrical power industry Wednesday the Hempstead County Economic Development luncheon at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.
“A proud graduate of Hope High School”, as he referred to himself, to the crowd gathered at the Hempstead County Economic Development Corporation luncheon Wednesday, talked Southwest Power Pool language. Nicholas A. Brown, Hope native, SPP president and CEO, was the keynote speaker for the annual luncheon at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.
Flash floods which swept through the Albert Pike Recreation Area near the confluence of the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers in Montgomery County on Friday, killing a reported 20 people and injuring scores of others, extended their terrible reach to three Hope-area families.
Over $3,000 was raised at the “Boots and Badges” fundraiser here this weekend.
Local law enforcement and fire fighters held up boots and buckets in front of local supermarkets to collect money that goes toward the training programs for the Special Olympics.
Arguing that continued construction of the John W. Turk, Jr., Power Plant at Fulton will irreparably harm not only the local, but state and worldwide environment, opponents of the $1.7 billion AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. project have asked a federal judge to stop its construction permanently.
Early voting in the June 8 runoff election from the May 18 preferential primary elections in Arkansas will begin June 1, Hempstead County Clerk Sandra Rodgers said this morning.
One , two, three, Relay! Hempstead County has been in full swing preparing for the biggest relay of the year. The annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. Friday on the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.
As both the Arkansas Public Service Commission and AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. assess the impact of Thursday's Arkansas Supreme Court ruling to overturn the PSC's approval of a certificate of need for the John W. Turk, Jr., Power Plant, no-one has indicated that construction of the plant is in jeopardy at this point.
The company responsible for the majority ownership of the John W. Turk, Jr., Power Plant under construction near Fulton has filed a petition in federal court to intervene in a civil lawsuit by the Sierra Club and others against the U.S. Corps of Engineers and its district engineer to prevent Sierra from stopping construction of the $1.6 billion power plant.
Last week at Yerger Middle school, a hard working and talented group of students recently acted out a school shooting as part of a play which is scheduled to go on tour next year. The title of the play is “Out of Hope” .
A contractor for a massive overpass project currently underway at Prescott accidentally severed the main fiber-optic communications cable for AT&T services for Hope shortly before mid-day Friday, blacking out all electronic and long-distance communications for the city.
The 14th annual version of the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Free Bluegrass Festival is cracked up to be more than just your daddy's bluegrass pickin' and grinnin'.
July is the dream date for completion of the $3 million Southwest Arkansas Educational Cooperative facility under construction on the south perimeter of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope campus here.
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency moves its inventory of mobile homes and travel trailers off most of the Hope Municipal Airport property, the controversy over the thousands of units continues to roil both Washington, D.C., and Hope.
Recently, a celebration was held at the Clinton 1st Home Museum for the first anniversary of the passing of Congressional legislation for the Clinton Birthplace Foundation to give the site at 117 S. Hervey St. to the National Parks Service.
McNAB - The Ninth Annual McNab Twin Rivers Festival will begin Friday with arts/crafts, all sorts of food booths, all types of games for adults and children, great entertainment and other activities.
While some of us may cringe at the seriousness and stress put on students and teachers in preparing for school tests these days, local high school principal Steve Britton sheds a new light on academic tests such as the Arkansas Benchmark exam.
Sometimes, the statement, “I'm from the government and I'm here to help” brings results, as a recent recess tour of a local industry by U. S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Ar., demonstrated.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe knew he was preaching to the choir here Monday night; but, it didn't matter. He wanted to tell it.
“You've had a history of folks who have a history of success,” Beebe told an audience of some 600 patrons of the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce at Fair Park Coliseum. “It's something in the water, I guess. You've had one governor on the left and one governor on the right; make up your mind.”
The President Bill Clinton's 1st Home Museum will hold an inaugural event of what will be known as the Museum Advisory Counsel, which is already in existence, but is still being formed by invitation only.
