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‘Nobody does anything’: Downtown business advocate presses Texarkana, Ark., board on overgrown Broad Street
Armed with a slideshow of weed-choked tree wells and a broken grate he called “a lawsuit waiting to happen,” downtown resident and business owner George Dotson returned to the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors Monday night to ask — for…
From a Kitchen Table in Fouke to the Inc. 5000: Texarkana Accounting Firm Earns National Recognition
TEXARKANA, Texas — A local accounting firm that started at a kitchen table in Fouke, Arkansas, has landed on one of the most-watched business lists in the country. Sarah Berry, CPA, PLLC has been named to the Inc. 5000, Inc.…
State audit flags Miller County bidding practices, $63,000 in Quorum Court bonuses
Report presented to lawmakers Thursday also details a personal vacation taken in a county vehicle and an $11,106 check fraud that was caught and recovered
Quail Tools plans 44-acre expansion at TexAmericas Center in New Boston
NEW BOSTON, Texas — Quail Tools is getting a lot more room to grow. TexAmericas Center announced Aug. 11 that Superior Energy Services, Quail Tools’ parent company, is purchasing approximately 44 acres adjacent to the company’s existing facility at the…
Texarkana firefighters battling North Texas wildfires with state strike team
TEXARKANA, Texas — Three members of the Texarkana, Texas, Fire Department are on the fire lines in North Texas this week, deployed with a state mutual aid strike team as Texas moves into the peak of its wildfire season. Firefighters…
Texarkana trainer heads to Las Vegas for one of cutting’s richest nights
Texarkana trainer takes a Vegas stage next week with $250,000 on the line
Cell tower, gym and a new highway sign on Texarkana P&Z agenda tonight
Texarkana, Texas planning commissioners will take up nine items Monday night, including a 105-foot cell tower next to a CHRISTUS emergency room, a new sports training gym off Christus Drive and a 20-foot multi-tenant sign on New Boston Road. The…
Miller County hosts lithium-ion battery response training for regional first responders
TEXARKANA, Ark. – Emergency responders from across the region gathered Friday, July 17, for a lithium-ion battery operations course hosted by the Miller County Office of Emergency Management, training aimed at preparing crews for a hazard that is showing up…
Texarkana, Arkansas A&P Commission moves to hire full-time director, targets delinquent taxes
TEXARKANA, Ark. – The Texarkana, Arkansas Advertising and Promotion Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to begin the process of hiring a full-time A&P director, a position commissioners said would bring continuity and accountability to a board that turns over every two…
Cotton bill would drop pre-employment requirements for young adults entering subminimum wage jobs; Texarkana nonprofit backs the change
TEXARKANA, Ark. — U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton wants to remove federal requirements that young adults with disabilities complete vocational rehabilitation and career counseling before they can work for less than minimum wage — a change one Texarkana provider says can’t…
‘Your Home Away From Home’: The Texarkana businesses that guided Black travelers through the Jim Crow South
TEXARKANA — For 25 years, a slim green paperback told Black motorists where they could safely eat, sleep and buy gasoline in a country where choosing the wrong door could be dangerous. And for all 25 of those years, Texarkana…
Historic Orr School among sites targeted by $1.5 million EPA grant awarded to ATCOG
TEXARKANA — The Historic Orr School, a 145-year-old landmark tied to ragtime composer Scott Joplin, could take a significant step toward new life after the Ark-Tex Council of Governments was awarded a $1.5 million EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant to…
Sanders returns to Texarkana as city becomes “Capital for a Day”
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders returned to her childhood hometown Wednesday, declaring Texarkana, Arkansas the state’s “Capital for a Day” and delivering remarks at the Texarkana USA Regional Chamber of Commerce’s State of Lithium event at the Hilton…
Council approves Golf Ranch land swap with Texas A&M; course changes hands Sept. 1
The Texarkana, Texas City Council on Monday approved a land trade that will hand the city-owned Texarkana Golf Ranch to the Texas A&M University System in exchange for 138 acres of vacant university land near Bringle Lake. The vote finalizes…