Mark Scott, executive director of public relations at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, is leaving the post today to work at Sam’s Club as public relations manager. Scott, 37, has been with the Bentonville community college for 18 months. He begins work at Sam’s Club on Monday.
View Post Mark ScottKen Aden, a Democrat running in the 3rd Congressional District, received a small campaign contribution check Thursday night that brought a smile to his face. The check was for $7.90 — only a sliver of the $9,000 Aden said he has raised — but the source of the money had the 33-year-old candidate from Russellville [...]
View Post Ken Aden, Steve WomackSarah Marsh, a Fayetteville sustainable building consultant, is the first new candidate we’ve heard of who intends to run for City Council this November. She’s seeking Alderwoman Brenda Boudreaux’s Ward 1 seat. Boudreaux said she won’t run for re-election after 12 years in office. The other Ward 1 representative, Adella Gray, is running for the [...]
View Post Adella Gray, Bobby Ferrell, Brenda Boudreaux, Charlie Collins, John Boozman, Matthew Petty, Sarah Lewis, Sarah MarshKen Aden, a Russellville Democrat seeking election in the 3rd Congressional District, and Edwin Sugg, a Democrat running in state House District 88, are holding a meet-and-greet event Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Springdale AQ Chicken House. The candidates will speak to attendees and take questions. Aden is running in the Northwest Arkansas district [...]
View Post David J. Pangrac, Edwin Sugg, Ken Aden, Randy Alexander, Steve WomackSen. John Boozman pulled his support from the Protect IP Act, a Senate bill he co-sponsored and promised to vote against if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., brings it to the floor. A news release issued by Boozman’s office said the feedback he received on the online anti-piracy bill from Arkansans has been overwhelmingly in [...]
View PostPoultry producers placed 18 million broiler chicks for meat production in Arkansas for the week ended January 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Placements were down 11 percent from the same week a year ago and down 7 percent from the previous week. Arkansas hatcheries set 20.1 million broiler-type eggs during the [...]
View PostRep. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, posted an item on Facebook today inviting those interested in time travel to attend a seminar by Ronald Mallett at the University of Arkansas on Friday at 4 p.m. in room 133 of the physics building. Woods said he asked the university to fly Mallett, a University of Connecticut physics professor, [...]
View Post Bill Pritchard, Jon Woods, Ronald Mallett, Time TravelTontitown’s Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were in Anderson, S.C., Tuesday campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. The Duggars, who star in the reality TV show “19 Kids and Counting,” introduced the Pennsylvanian at a rally in a Fuddruckers restaurant, according to The Caucus, a New York Times politics and government blog. “He has [...]
View Post Bart Hester, Bill Pritchard, Jim Bob Duggar, Jon Woods, Michelle DuggarSpringdale Alderwoman Kathy Jaycox is making her presence known in the state Senate District 7 race. On Nov. 21 Jaycox contributed $100 to Republican Jon Woods’ campaign, and then on Saturday she showed up at Democrat Diana Gonzales Worthen’s campaign announcement at the JTL Shop in Springdale. Jaycox said she contributed to Woods before she [...]
View Post Bill Pritchard, Diana Gonzales Worthen, Jon Woods, Kathy JaycoxBelow are a few campaign fundraisers set for January in Washington and Benton counties. Rep. Tim Summers, R-Bentonville, has scheduled a fundraiser for Jan. 30 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers. The event is hosted by Jim Walton, David Glass and Doug McMillon. Summers is running [...]
View Post Amy Estes Turner, Bob Lambert, Cristi Beaumont, David Glass, David Whitaker, Denise Garner, Doug McMillon, Hershey Garner, Jim Walton, Maylon Rice, Tim Summers