June 2022

Little Rock – Applications for the 2022 Arkansas alligator season are available at www.agfc.com from 8 a.m., June 15 through midnight, June 30. Anyone interested in pursuing alligators on public land in Arkansas must apply for one of the six hunting locations within two of Arkansas’s three open Alligator Management Zones.

Washington, DC – Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) this week joined lawmakers in sending a solutions-focused letter to President Joe Biden calling on the Administration to reverse overly burdensome regulations and policy barriers to U.S. agriculture production that have caused needless uncertainty for farmers, ranchers, and working families.

First National Bank of North Arkansas has announced they will be transitioning from a National Charter to a State Charter, pending regulatory approval from the Arkansas State Bank Department, and changing their name to Bank of 1889.

Harrison: North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education (NAPHE) is very pleased to announce that Kyle Evatt MPA, has become a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) in May 2022. By achieving this certification, Kyle is trained to effectively deliver youth substance misuse prevention programs and messages to schools, workplaces, faith-based organizations, and other community groups or programs across the Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, and Searcy County region.

New Student registration will be held Thursday, July 28, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Panther Pavilion, (new gym). A copy of the student’s social security card, immunization record, and birth certificate as proof of child’s age should be presented at time of registration.

Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced she will be hosting the 11th Annual Never Forgotten – Arkansas Takes Action event on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at the Benton Event Center. Rutledge’s event consists of an all-day training session for law enforcement and attorneys, a family session, as well as a luncheon to recognize Arkansas’s missing.

I’ve been honored to serve on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees to help craft policies fulfilling the promise we made to men and women who served in our nation’s uniform by expanding access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, benefits and services.

I signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Israel Innovation Authority this week, and today I’d like to talk about what this means to Arkansas. On Tuesday, my economic development team gathered with Dr.