Father joins lawsuits over deadly campground flood
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - A man whose parents and young son were among 20 people killed in a devastating flood at a southwest Arkansas campground in 2010 is now among survivors who are suing the U.S. Forest Service, which failed to warn people they were in danger.
Anthony Shumake filed suit in U.S. District Court in Texarkana last week, where all but
...Ark. given approval for partnership exchange
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas has been given conditional approval to establish a partnership with the federal government for its insurance exchange under the health care law.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday approved Arkansas' plans to opt for a partnership model of
...Ark. Electric Cooperative enters wind power pact
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. says it has entered into an agreement to buy wind-generated electricity from a wind farm in Kansas.
The long-term agreement announced Thursday has the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm providing the cooperative with 51 megawatts of wind energy.
The cooperative is a wholesale electricity supplier that
...5 finalists named for UTC chancellor post
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has narrowed its list of finalists for chancellor.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/130Pwlx ) reported the search committee said Wednesday that five candidates remain and they will visit the campus to meet with students, faculty and staff, beginning next week.
The
...Okla. man pleads not guilty in Ark. woman's death
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma man has pleaded not guilty to two first-degree murder charges for the deaths of an Arkansas woman and her fetus.
Trial is set for June 17 for 26-year-old Christopher Kenyon Simpson of Fort Coffee, who is accused of fatally shooting Ka'Loni Marie Flynn of Fort Smith, Ark.
The Southwest Times Record reports (http://is.g
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