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Weekend Weather

Friday- Cloudy with a high near 56 degrees and a low near 41 degrees. Saturday-Cloudy with a chance of rain with a high of 52 degrees and a low near 37 degrees.

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Military Hearing Experts Leverage Collaboration to Advance Research, Treatments for Auditory Processing Disorder

Background noise can make it hard for almost anyone to have a conversation. However, if you have more trouble than others hearing and understanding conversations in a noisy environment, it could be a sign that you have hearing loss, or it may be a condition known as central auditory processing disorder.

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House News

Public education stands as the primary expenditure within state government. This month, the House and Senate Education Committees began working on the Educational Adequacy Study.

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Calling all College Poets

The Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas is once again sponsoring its collegiate poetry contest. The 2024 Pat Laster Collegiate Poetry Contest is open to Arkansas residents, ages 18 to 25, who are attending Arkansas colleges during the submission period of January 1, 2024, through March 15, 2024.

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State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK – The freezing weather may have prevented citizens from appearing in person at three public hearings held by the Arkansas Broadband Office to gather input about plans to expand and improve Internet access in the state. However, there is still time to submit comments.

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Marion County 4-H’ers Attended National 4-H Contest in San Antonio

Billie Collins, CES 4-H/FCS Agent Marion County 4-H members recently attended the National FCS Championship and Conference in San Antonio, Texas placing 5th out of 9 teams from around the nation in the Consumer Decision Making contest. Consumer Decision Making (CDM) is a competitive 4-H event that teaches financial management, consumerism, and decisionmaking skills.

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