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Texas High School Student Newspaper Wins Pacemaker Award

Texarkana, TX – The Texas High School student newspaper was among 29 scholastic publications to receive the National Scholastic Press Association’s prestigious Pacemaker award. The 2021 winners were announced virtually during the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention, presented virtually Nov. 13, 2021. In October, 66 newspapers, newsmagazines and specialty magazines were named Pacemaker […]

A&M-Texarkana Schedules Eagle Wonderland for December 4th

TEXARKANA, Texas – Texas A&M University-Texarkana is bringing back its annual holiday celebration “Eagle Wonderland” on December 4th, 2021. The event will take place inside the University Center building on the A&M-Texarkana campus between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., and is free and open to the public. This year’s Eagle Wonderland will feature letters to […]

Special Business Course at UA Hope-Texarkana Focuses on Developing Small Businesses

This spring, the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is offering an Entrepreneurial Strategy and Leadership course on the Hope and Texarkana campuses. The course is designed to teach students the critical elements of developing, owning, and operating a small business. By the end of the class, students will produce a viable business plan that can be […]

Arizona Custom Knives Donates $10,000 in Scholarship Funds to TC’s Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing

Arizona Custom Knives, home of the largest selection of custom knives in the world, made a generation donation to the Texarkana College Foundation to provide scholarships for knife enthusiasts looking to enroll in the Introduction to Bladesmithing class at Texarkana College’s Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing. Brian Steers, CEO of Arizona Knives, attended the Fall Hammer-In event in October […]

Weekly Roadwork Report – Nov. 28 – Dec. 4, 2021

Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, bridge replacement. Traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controlling […]

Arkansas House of Representatives Weekly Post 11-25-2021

Small businesses are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods and the lifeblood of our local economy. In Arkansas, small businesses make up the majority of the business landscape, at 99.3% of all businesses in the state. This equates to 258,552 businesses. Small businesses can be found in every corner of our state. Small Business Saturday is […]

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