Arkansas News

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The weather is heating up, but it's clear that the central Arkansas food scene is just as hot.

For a third time, the Arkansas Attorney General has rejected the popular name and ballot title proposed by medical marijuana advocates.

Though 45 states and the District of Columbia adopted the core, and several states are already implementing them, there are signs of back-pedaling in several states.

Some of you may be getting out of the city for Memorial Day weekend. That means filling up on gas.

A rendering by Rogers-based Core Architects shows what a new Arkansas Music Pavilion would look like in Rogers off Interstate 540 near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade.

An explosion has been reported on board a boat at Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control group is launching a new ad campaign aimed at Democratic Sen.

The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Thursday approved tuition and fee increases of 3.5% for the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

With good weather finally arriving in Arkansas also comes delicious fruits of the Earth.

The House and Senate Public Health committees met today to hear updates on the "private option" plan for expanding healthcare coverage.

A preliminary report on a northeast Oklahoma boat crash that killed two University of Arkansas students says excessive speed, driver inattention and alcohol use contributed to the accident.

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

One Republican governor has finally given up his opposition to expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, while another is steadfastly fighting his legislature, vetoing an expansion bill.

" Gordon Family Tree ," a movie written by native Arkansan Ryan Schwartzman and primarily filmed in Northwest Arkansas held its sold-out Northwest Arkansas premiere Wednesday at Razorback Theatre in Fayetteville.

The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court and said Searcy County Sheriff and Collector Kenny Cassell's 1979 conviction on a federal misdemeanor theft charge for stealing Cornish hens from a Tyson's interstate shipment made him ineligible to hold office.

Conway Symphony Orchestra musicians Darby BeDell and Dan Cline bring music to students in Sherrie Richardson's music class at Carolyn Lewis Elementary School in Conway.

As temperatures rise, summer travel planning begins. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued a Consumer Alert today to help Arkansans avoid common pitfalls as they make vacation arrangements that include air travel.

Jeff Sherwood , Saba Naseem and Logan Webster, all of Fayetteville, help serve lunch to about 4,000 people Wednesday at a church in Moore, Okla.