Lincoln News

Polls show Americans aren't buying into the health care reform bill being crafted by Democrats as doubts surfaced Wednesday on Capitol Hill over the "public option" deal that President Obama said cleared the way for passage of his top agenda item.

If you can believe it, I'm at a lose for words. I simply can not believe Americans would allow the Government to have ANY say in their health care, yet as it looks, the Government may soon hold that power in its hands.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Democrat, has been labeled a a oeflip-floppera by Republicans after she said she might vote to break a filibuster on President Obama's health care overhaul and then vote against final passage of the bill in the Senate.

Slowing growth, a money dispute with the state and red tape at the state level have put planned new high schools in three northwest Arkansas districts on hold, at least for a while.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln said today she is still waiting to see a compromise health care bill headed for the Senate floor, but she would have difficulty supporting any legislation that includes a government-funded insurance option.

Blanche Lincoln told a ballroom full of Arkansas business leaders Monday morning that government's role in health care reform should not be to run it, but to create an environment for private business to succeed.

All eyes were on a moderate Republican with continued misgivings about affordability, a fiscally conservative Democrat worried about the deficit, and two liberals who wish the bill included a so-called "public option" as a health care overhaul bill cleared a major hurdle Tuesday.

Does it seem to you that there's been a noticeable rise in grassroots activism from all points on the political compass? It does to me.

Kristin Koch is the Deputy Director for Online Communications at NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Democrat, has faced intense lobbying on climate change and union-friendly legislation in her search for balance between the Democratic Party and her constituents.

Mildred Furry, 97, of Morgan, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 at Gil-Mor Manor in Morgan.

Bill seeks comfort from his life partner Cecil in the humane Southern comedy Randy and the Mob.

Munyurangabo, a 2007 movie Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert has declared a oea beautiful and powerful film - a masterpiece,a will be held at the directora s high school alma mater in the Northwest Arkansas town of Lincoln, on Sept.

The Lincoln School Board voted unanimously to rehire Holman during a special meeting Monday afternoon.

Lincoln City Council members voted Monday to send through an ordinance that will let voters decide whether the town should annex new lands into the city.

A Lincoln man faces a laundry list of criminal charges after allegedly stealing two bottles of tequila and fleeing from police.

At one point it appeared others might follow suit, but Fayetteville will be the only Washington County school district requesting a millage increase this year.

In case you missed it, Route 50 of the Ozark Regional Transit is up and running.

Springdale and Fayetteville schools are approved for $21.5 million in federal stimulus funding, which is 76.5 percent of the $28.1 million total for schools in the county.

Volunteer firefighters in Washington County do more than put out fires. They also respond to car accidents, medical calls and tactical rescues, all while holding down separate fulltime jobs to support their families.