May 2022

LITTLE ROCK – The application period for Arkansas’s public land elk hunting permits is open from 8 a.m., May 1 until 11:59 p.m. June 1. Hunters interested in pursuing Arkansas’s largest big-game animal can apply beginning May 1 at https://ar-web.s3licensing.com and select the Special Hunt Applications button to begin the process.

WASHINGTON – As the crisis on the southern border continues and the Biden administration moves to escalate it by rescinding Title 42, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) warned President Biden that he and his colleagues will not stand by and allow Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) resources and personnel to be saddled with responding to the influx of illegal immigrants at the expense of those who served our nation.

The following is a version of how Marion County became a county in the last session of the Arkansas Territorial Council before Arkansas Territory became a state. The actual records for this session were lost.