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The Monticello, Arkansas, post office, a one-story building with a light stone front and large windows.

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Monticello Library Book Club Meets Sept. 29 at 5 p.m.

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:Civic Events Monticello Other SE AR
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Monticello Branch hosts book club discussion Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, 5–6 p.m. in the meeting room.

The historic red-brick Merchants and Planters Bank Building on a downtown Pine Bluff street corner, with a decorative white tower and dome.

Pine Bluff Committee Seeks TAP Funds to Finish Grant Street Multiuse Trail

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:City Hall Civic Other SE AR Pine Bluff
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Pine Bluff’s Economic and Community Development Committee authorized a new Transportation Alternatives Program application to complete the Grant Street Multiuse Trail to Coleman Elementary after costs outran the original $385,000 ARDOT award.

The Pine Bluff Main Library in Arkansas, a modern building with a sharply angled roofline and large glass panes.

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Pine Bluff Shifts $100,000 to Civic Auditorium Complex for Convention Center Costs

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:City Hall Civic Other SE AR Pine Bluff
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At a special called meeting, Pine Bluff City Council amended the 2026 budget to move $100,000 from the mayor’s special projects account to the Civic Auditorium Complex Commission to cover rising Convention Center maintenance and operations.

Herman C. Steelman Field House, a tan brick gym with a green-lettered entrance, on the UAM campus in Monticello

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Mainline Health Wins $30,000 Delta Dental Grant for Star City Dental Operatory

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:Civic Health Other SE AR Star City
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Mainline Health Systems received a $30,000 Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation grant to add a dental operatory at its Star City Dental Clinic, aiming to cut wait times for Lincoln County and nearby patients.

The Bank of Tillar, a two-story brick building on a corner in Tillar, Arkansas.

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AEDC Rural Grants Reach Tillar, Banks, Star City Fire and Drew County

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:Civic Monticello Other SE AR Star City Warren
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and AEDC announced more than $12.52 million in CDBG and State Rural Community grants statewide, including $100,000 for Tillar, nearly $90,000 for Banks, $7,259 for Star City Fire and $13,495.50 for Drew County.

Aerial view of downtown Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with commercial buildings and the Arkansas River in the distance.

T-Mobile Hometown Grant Gives Pine Bluff $39,650 for Blues Junction Landmark

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Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:Civic Other SE AR Pine Bluff
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Pine Bluff Downtown Development Inc. won a $39,650 T-Mobile Hometown Grant to build the Blues Junction Experience—a 20-foot monument with public art and interactive storytelling in the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Cultural District.

Basketball dropping through an orange rim and net

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Pine Bluff School District Wins $115,000 NEA Foundation Community Schools Grant

Post author:Wigley
Post published: September 24, 2026
Post category:Civic Other SE AR Pine Bluff Schools
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The NEA Foundation awarded $115,000 to Pine Bluff School District to advance Community Schools at James Matthews Elementary and Forrest Park/Greenville Kinder Center, building on a prior $58,000 startup grant.

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