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Arkansas school district rolls out largest electric school bus fleet
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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August 14, 2025
The Little Rock School District says the electric buses will help the district save approximately $150,000 annually, or about 60 cents per mile in fuel and maintenance costs compared with diesel buses. (somchairakin/Adobe Stock AI)The Little Rock...
Unleashing adventure in Arkansas: BOW Weekend empowers women in the wild | 5OUTDOORS
KFSM - Arkansas
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Arkansas’s "Becoming an Outdoors Woman" weekend offers women hands-on training in hunting, fishing, and outdoor skills, building confidence and community. ROGERS, Ark. — Every fall, Arkansas’s natural beauty becomes the backdrop for...
Publisher’s View: Fulbright
Potrero View - California
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August 19, 2025
In June most members of the Fulbright Student Program board resigned, after the Trump Administration blocked “a substantial number” of scholars from receiving grants. Like so many federal initiatives, the fate of the roughly $300 million,...
Three concerns for Arkansas football after two weeks of preseason camp
Southwest Times Record - Arkansas
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FAYETTEVILLE — Fall camp is a time for optimism. Arkansas football and every program across the country can control much of the narrative coming out of preseason practices. The players are bigger, faster and stronger, while a much-improved locker...
Susi’s late penalty kick lifts Razorbacks to 2-2 tie with Notre Dame
Hit That Line - Arkansas
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August 18, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Zoe Susi converted a penalty kick in the 81st minute to help No. 6 Arkansas earn a 2-2 draw with No. 2 Notre Dame in a nonconference women’s soccer match Sunday night at Razorback Field. A crowd of 2,947, the seventh largest...
Major multi-million dollar expansion project coming to Little Rock
WATN - Tennessee
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Welspun Tubular is set to begin a multi-million-dollar expansion project that is expected to bring around 300 jobs to Little Rock. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Monday, Welspun Tubular LLC announced a major multi-million-dollar expansion project coming...
Sen. Boozman: Great Summers in Arkansas’s Great Outdoors
Swark Today - Arkansas
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Our state’s natural beauty, framed by stunning landscapes, majestic mountains, rolling national forests and rivers and diverse wildlife, often reminds us how blessed we are that Mother Nature favors Arkansas. These stunning features make The...
Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame to honor conservation icons
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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August 13, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) -Join the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock for the 34th Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame, presented by Banded, Aug. 23. The 34th Arkansas Outdoor Hall of...
U.S. Energy secretary talks renewables, raw materials and climate change during Ames lab visit
Iowa Public Radio
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August 15, 2025
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright praised the Ames National Laboratory during a tour Thursday, calling it one of the country’s “premier scientific institutions” and a leader in reshoring critical materials. Wright also said he supports less...
Arkansas eyes nuclear innovation with small modular reactors
KATV 7 - Arkansas
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Russellville, Ark. (KATV) — Arkansas is exploring the potential of small modular reactors (SMRs) to revolutionize its energy landscape. Currently, the Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville uses enriched uranium as fuel, but advocates like...
Welspun Tubular to invest $150 Million in new LSAW pipe mill in Little Rock
The Daily Citizen - Arkansas
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Welspun Tubular LLC announced a major expansion project with an investment of $150 million to establish a new Longitudinally Submerged Arc Welded (LSAW) line pipe mill and coating facility at...
Game and Fish votes to give over $750K in collected boating, wildlife fines to Arkansas schools
KFSM - Arkansas
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August 15, 2025
The money will be given to Arkansas schools through conservation education grants for the 2025-26 school year. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) has voted unanimously to give more than $750,000 of collected boating...
Arkansas University Launches First-of-its-Kind Industrial System Security Course
Newswise
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August 13, 2025
BYLINE: Angelita Faller Newswise — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) is giving students the tools to protect the systems that power modern life through a new course focused on industrial system security. Industrial System...
2025 Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame set for Aug. 23
Mountain Home Observer - Arkansas
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August 15, 2025
Share This Article Join the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock for the 34th Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame, presented by Banded, Aug. 23. The banquet celebrates conservation icons in The Natural...
Arkansas using funds to help fight carp incursion
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 13, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Since their introduction into the Mississippi River Basin by accident in the 1970s, invasive Asian carp have grown to pose one of the greatest economic and...
AGFC extends $777,800 to Arkansas schools
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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August 14, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously voted to offer more than three-quarters of a million dollars from money collected through fines to Arkansas schools through conservation education...
UA Little Rock Receives $100K to Support Art Students
Arkansas Business
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August 11, 2025
Leslye Shellam (right) with Caleb LeFevre, an earlier recipient of the Linda Blaine Flake Scholarship at UA Little Rock. (Photo provided) The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $104,000 from Leslye Shellam to support its arts...
Leslye Shellam Continues Family’s Philanthropic Legacy with Gift to Support Art Students and Artists-in-Residence at UA Little Rock
UA Little Rock - Arkansas
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August 11, 2025
Angelita Faller | August 11, 2025 Leslye Shellam, right, is shown with Caleb LeFevre, an earlier recipient of the Linda Blake Flake Endowed Art Scholarship. Photo by Ben Krain. Leslye Shellam, a long-time supporter of the University of Arkansas at...
Statement Made: #13 Iowa Soccer topples #6 Arkansas in Fayetteville
On3
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August 15, 2025
Traveling to Fayetteville and winning a match at Razorback Field is not an easy task. In fact, over the past four seasons, it’s been a near impossible task. Coming into Thursday’s season opener against the Hawkeyes, Arkansas had not lost a regular...
No. 13 Hawkeyes Topple No. 6 Arkansas 3-2 in Season Opener
BVM Sports
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August 15, 2025
The No. 13 University of Iowa women’s soccer team triumphed over No. 6 Arkansas with a score of 3-2 in their season opener. Freshman Liana Tarasco scored just seven minutes into the match, setting an early lead. Senior Kenzie Roling and junior...