Stuttgart’s Wings Over the Prairie Festival runs Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 27–28, 2026, capped by the 91st Annual World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest on Main Street; carnival, gumbo cook-off and 5K/10K Duck Race also listed.
AGFC lists a mentored youth deer hunt Dec. 4, 2026, at Potlatch Cook’s Lake Nature Center in Casscoe; applications close Oct. 15. White River NWR also hosts a mobility-impaired Cook’s Lake hunt the following December weekend.
Pine Bluff’s WE Center WE Build received a $15,000 Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Partnership Grant matched with Relyance Bank, part of $42,000 awarded to four Arkansas nonprofits.
Desha County and the Cypress Creek Drainage District partnered with AGFC to renovate a Highway 277 bridge east of Dumas, clearing safer access to the 2,206-acre Oakwood WMA ahead of archery deer season.
UAPB’s Emerging Scholars Leadership Institute received a $512,925 Walton Family Foundation award to expand internships, mentorship and workforce pathways, bringing foundation support for ESLI to $1.26 million.
The Arkansas Legislative Council Review Subcommittee approved UAPB’s $5,723,000 funding plan for a soccer and track-and-field facility, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2027.
Pine Bluff City Council considered authorizing Mayor Vivian Flowers to join Arkansas’s Outdoor Recreation Matching Grants Program, allowing an application of up to $750,000 for public recreation improvements.
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