..Winter Storm Watch in effect from Sunday evening through
Monday afternoon...
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a Winter
Storm Watch...which is in effect from Sunday evening through
Monday afternoon.
Snow...sleet...and ice accumulations will occur across
the state with snow and sleet most likely across the
north...snow...sleet and freezing rain across central
Arkansas...and sleet and freezing rain across southern Arkansas.
THIS REMINDER... MANY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF PRESIDENTS' DAY. COURTHOUSES IN POPE, YELL, JOHNSON, CONWAY, LOGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES WILL ALSO BE CLOSED. DARDANELLE CITY HALL WILL ONE OF THE OFFICES OPEN ON MONDAY, AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL OBSERVE REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. ##
ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS JAMES BIBLER WILL BE ONE OF THOSE SELECTED FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ARKANSAS AGRICULTURE HALL OF FAME IN EARLY MARCH. BIBLER AND FOUR OTHER 2015 INDUCTEES WILL BE HONORED DURING A LUNCHEON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, AT EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL IN LITTLE ROCK. BIBLER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARKANSAS TECH HALL OF DISTINCTION, IN 2011.
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THE ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S JOINT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OPPOSING THE PLAINS AND EASTERN CLEAN LINE ENERGY'S APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A TRANSMISSION LINE THROUGH SEVERAL COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS. THE PROPOSED ROUTE WOULD TAKE THE LINE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF CONWAY COUNTY WITH A CONVERTER STATION TO POSSIBLY BE LOCATED IN CONWAY OR POPE COUNTY.
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FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF THE KEYSTONE X-L PIPELINE APPROVAL ACT, ARKANSAS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS CALLING ON PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO SUPPORT THE BILL. SPEAKING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WEDNESDAY, SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL URGED THE PRESIDENT TO REMOVE HIS VETO THREAT AND SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW. IF APPROVED, HILL SAYS THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THOUSANDS MORE JOBS AND CONTRIBUTE OVER THREE-POINT-FOUR BILLION DOLLARS TO THE NATION'S ECONOMY.
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