Education

August is always hot and 2020 is no exception, but there's one thing you can do without your mask in your own backyard and your social distancing is guaranteed, watching shooting stars. It's one of the great things that returns this time of year, every year, the Perseid Meteor Shower. If y…

This week on Cultured Country... Sir John continued with the "no drinking song" theme but took us on a slightly different path this time, more philosophical. Once again our resident BritNeck did a fine job of translation on Kenny Chesney's latest hit, Here and Now". By the way, there …

The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will host New Student Orientation (NSO) online this year via Blackboard. The College will also offer on-campus appointments for small groups of students to pick up their student ID cards, parking stickers, and books before classes begin.

Magic Springs Theme and Water Park will be hosting its “Rides, Slides and School Supplies” school supply drive between August 9 and September 7.

Southern Arkansas University’s HKR Department is pleased to announce that Kylie Cowan, a senior Exercise Science major from Foreman, Arkansas, has been accepted into the UAMS Occupational Therapy Doctoral program.

The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will begin face-to-face classes on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, with safety protocols in place. All online courses are still scheduled to start on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.

The Ashdown Junior High and Ashdown Varsity Cheerleader Teams held the National Cheerleading Association Cheer Camp at the Helen Parker Gymnasium on July 20-22.

The Ashdown School District is participating in an ongoing statewide effort to identify, locate, and evaluate children from birth to the age of 21, who have a physical, mental, communicative, and emotional disability.

At the meeting held today, July 27, 2020, the Texarkana College Trustees approved holding a public hearing on August 17, 2020, to discuss the adoption of the proposed tax rate of $.123081 resulting in no tax rate increase. TC’s taxing district includes all of Bowie County and the College’s tax rate …

If it's been a while since you've stepped off into a good cave, or even if it hasn't, I would like to introduce you to Cosmic Cavern in Berryville, Arkansas. A good introduction to spelunking with more adventurous options available.

As Arkansas schools get ready to go back to school in the coming weeks, Ashdown Public Schools have announced their 2020-2021 School Supply List by grades and teacher.

This week on Cultured Country... Sir John took us on what seemed like it might be a bit of a patriotic ride. Once again our resident BritNeck managed to avoid a "pure" drinking song, and with only minor alcoholic references found a double entendre song from Florida Georgia Line titled &quo…