An M60 Army tank that spent 22 years at Hamburg’s Preston Malloy VFW Post 9360 was moved to Rison’s Veterans Park on Sept. 19, 2026, via Highways 63 and 35 with local towing, railroad and fire support.
Pine Bluff School District is one of five Arkansas districts selected for a $9,500 Forward Arkansas Spark Grant to join the District Contract Accelerator and redesign tutoring-vendor contracts around measurable student results.
Friends of the Public Library in Pine Bluff won a 2026 AARP Community Challenge grant for bike audits that will review safety and connectivity downtown, with older adult participants helping flag barriers and improvement areas.
Junior Achievement of Arkansas received a two-year Walton Family Foundation investment to expand financial literacy and career readiness for more than 2,500 students a year in Jefferson and Phillips counties and Coahoma County, Miss.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is recruiting archery hunters for nine urban deer hunts this fall—including Helena-West Helena—with elevated stands, proficiency tests and a requirement that each hunter’s first deer go to Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry.
UAPB’s Small Farm Program will provide farm financial planning, training and technical support across Arkansas under a Southern Risk Management Center grant through the Distressed Borrowers Assistance Network, with SEARK producers directed to the Pine Bluff office.
Jefferson County Extension Homemakers and Master Gardeners will accept Home Economics and Horticulture exhibits Sept. 27 from 2–6 p.m. at Hestand Stadium for the 87th Southeast Arkansas District Fair, with judging Sept. 28 and exhibit hours through Oct. 3.
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