Community Journalism for the TX·AR·OK·LA Region
In the 8th week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passed SB294. This bill creates the LEARNS Act and outlines several educational reforms. SB294 raises the minimum teacher salary to $50,000 a year and raises current teacher salaries by $2,000. It requires that students be reading at a 3rd-grade level before advancing to the […]
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will hold a grand opening for the new Farmers Bank & Trust Workforce Center on March 16, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. The new 14,754-square-foot facility on the Texarkana campus will house a welding program, the Secondary Career and Technical Education Center, the Arkansas High Collegiate Academy, community meeting rooms, and […]
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TEXARKANA, TX- The City of Texarkana, Texas, National Fitness Campaign (NFC), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, and AEP Foundation will host a ribbon cutting at Spring Lake Park in celebration of the new Outdoor Fitness Court on Tuesday, March 7th, at 2:00 p.m. This Fitness Court was developed to expand free access to high […]
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is proud to announce that Nakia Prater has been awarded the Honors Scholarship to attend the College. This award is $2,400 per academic year. Prater is a graduate of Nevada High School. She is the daughter of Deshuna Pearson. Nakia plans to pursue a degree in nursing at UAHT. Registration […]
[TEXARKANA, USA] Submissions are being taken until March 10 for the Pitch It Texarkana! entrepreneurial competition. The competition is an opportunity for contestants, 18 years and older, to pitch their technology, product, or service idea to a panel of judges for a chance to win $7,500 and other prizes. The event will take place March […]
