March 2022

MANILA– Big Lake Wildlife Management Area and Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge will be closed to daytime public access March 6-12. The following week, the U of A (University of Arkansas) Pine Tree Wildlife Management Area will be closed March 13-19. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, in cooperation with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will be conducting aerial operations aimed at reducing feral hog populations in the areas. The flights will be dependent on the weather.

LITTLE ROCK, AR – On March 15 & 16, landowners, farmers, ranchers, and those who serve agriculture throughout the state will gather for the 16th Arkansas Women in Agriculture Conference at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Little Rock. Online registration for attendees and vendors is available at arwomeninag.org

March is Woman’s History Month. Here is how it all began. The celebratory month has its roots in the socialist and labor movements. The first Women’s Day took place on Feb. 28, 1909, in New York City, as a national observance organized by the Socialist Party.

Parsippany, NJ - CherryRoad Media Inc. announced today it has purchased nine newspapers from Rust Communications, Inc. The newspapers are published in Arkansas and Missouri. Cribb, Cope & Potts, the oldest newspaper, and publication brokerage in the United States, represented Rust Communications in the transaction. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. This marks the latest acquisition for CherryRoad Media, which entered the newspaper industry in late 2020 with the purchase of the weekly Cook County (MN) News-Herald. It has since acquired fifty-two other titles, including four in Arkansas and four in Missouri, as well as two start up newspapers in Minnesota.