UAPB’s Small Farm Program will host the 2026 Southwest Arkansas Small Farms Conference on April 30 at UA Hope-Texarkana’s Hempstead Hall, with free registration and hybrid forestry and heirs’-property sessions.
Eighteen spellers in grades 3–8 competed Feb. 3 at Monticello Middle School; Ralph Cuadras took the Drew County title and advanced toward the state bee.
The City of Pine Bluff and Southeast Arkansas College launch Pine Bluff Glow Up with an Oct. 3 citywide cleanup from 8:30–11 a.m., a friendly Ward Wars competition, and free abandoned-vehicle towing help through Oct. 9.
The ARTx3 Campus hosts a free public reception 5–7 p.m. Sept. 24 at ARTSpace on Main for The New Brownies Book exhibition, on view by appointment through Nov. 21 with work by a dozen Black artists celebrating family and heritage.
Monticello Branch Library now accepts Square card and mobile wallets including Cash App, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with the existing $1.00 card service charge still applying.
Bradley County’s student art contest, directed by Sandra Gatling, displayed Warren and Hermitage high-school work at the SEAR Warren Branch with an April 11 open house judged by Mary Julia Moore.
Monticello City Council unanimously appointed Ked Donham to the Parks Commission, accepted a Country Club water-tank rehab bid, and approved a $20,925.68 portable stage from the one-cent sales tax.
