Grant County News

A contract to widen the last section of U.S. 65 between Pine Bluff and Lake Village to four lanes has been tentatively awarded to a Pine Bluff company, a state Department of Highway and Transportation spokesman says.

Grant County Sheriff Lance Huey has been hired as the security director of the Arkansas lottery at an annual salary of $115,644, Arkansas Lottery Commission Executive Director Ernie Passailaigue said Monday.

$16 adv., $20 d.o.s. There's a lot in rising country star Justin Moore's official bio about his young life in Poyen , population 272 in the last census.

Hea s from the small town of Poyen, population 272, in Grant County. Moore is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Friday at The Village, Asher and University avenues.

HILL COUNTRY REVUE PINK SPIDERS CELTIC WOMAN THURSDAY 6/25 A HILL COUNTRY REVUE 9 p.m., Revolution.

Damage is reported today in at least 10 Arkansas counties from storms that moved through last night and this morning.

The Grant County Quorum Court met last week in regular session with much of the discussion focusing on recent flood damage to the county road system and the resulting needed road repairs.

The Sheridan City Council met for departmental reports during its regular monthly meeting held last week on May 5 at 6 p.m. at Sheridan City Hall.

As with any struggling economy, the effects can be seen nationwide, statewide and on a local county basis.

A special judge has been appointed by the Arkansas Supreme Court to replace 4th Judicial Circuit Judge William Storey.

The Grant County Quorum Court met last week to discuss the expected completion of the new Grant County Rescue building, renovations to restrooms at Cox Creek, CSEPP radios for school buses, and a decrease in sales tax collections as well as an increase in the unemployment rate for the county.

The Grant County Election Commission has voted to change the polling site for Simpson 1 Township in an effort to make it more handicap accessible.