Each fall semester the faculty and staff of Texas A&M University-Texarkana hold the annual Faculty-Staff Challenge to see who can raise the most money for university scholarships. This year faculty and staff combined to raise $24,899 for student scholarships. The…
Territorial Arkansas: The Wild West Frontier, a free traveling exhibit produced by the Arkansas State Archives, will be displayed at Historic Washington State Park in Washington, Arkansas on February 1 – May 31 from 8am—5pm daily at the 1874 Courthouse…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) received approval from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Thursday, January 28, to install a one-megawatt solar array and solar learning lab on the Hope campus. A solar array is a…
Texas High School Thespian Troupe 2526 has been selected as one of six Texas Honor Troupes by the Texas Thespians Chapter. Other schools selected include: Cypress Ridge High School, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Frisco Centennial High School, Springtown…
Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! 2020 was a great year for diamond finds at the Crater. Despite the many changes brought on by COVID-19, more than 129,000 people visited the park in search of diamonds. Following is a…
On Saturday, January 23, 2021 two Pleasant Grove High School robotics teams, sponsored by Colton Mullins, competed in a robotics tournament in Granbury, TX. Chad Haidet, Jay Branch and Zach Dooley met Austin Bradley, Jacob Jones, Hayden Howell and Cade…
PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Texarkana, Arkansas Public Facilities Board will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 2021, to discuss a resolution to refund waterworks bonds. Action to be considered will be adding this request to the February 1,…
Pleasant Grove High School introduced their newest certification program through the Health Science program of study beginning this spring. Students will have the opportunity to earn their Certified Personal Training certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). “We…
The swearing-in of Texarkana College Trustees for Places 5, 6 and 7 took place at Monday’s Board meeting held in the Truman Arnold Student Center on the TC campus. In the November 2020 general election, trustees Kaye Ellison (Place 5),…
Jeremy Creek and Madelyn Snow, members of the Texas High School Varsity Mixed Choir and THS Tiger Tones, have earned the prestigious honor of being named a Texas All-State Musician. Despite the innumerable challenges encountered throughout this school year, these…
HealthCARE Express, also known as HCE, celebrated its 15th Anniversary recently. Their first and original clinic, the Richmond Road location in Texarkana, opened its doors on January 23, 2006, and is still going strong! Originally, just a single walk-in urgent…
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) received thousands of works from across the country and 92 works were selected for National Gold Medal Art Awards. Of the works selected, eight were from the Pleasant Grove High School Art Department, representing…
During competitive, recorded auditions held in December, 43 Texas High School band students earned placement in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Honor Band. Eight students advanced to earn All-Area Qualifier status. Those students named to the All-Region Band are:…
Texarkana Water Utilities is still recovering from the cyber incident suffered on Sunday, December 6th, 2020. While some effects of the attack are still being felt, good progress is being made. Today, TWU can begin to process credit/debit card payments.…
Faith Christian Academy, a ministry of Faith Baptist Church opened its doors last August, and God’s blessings continue to pour. With enrollment at capacity, remodeling has begun to add two additional classrooms for the 2021-2022 school year, one of which…
