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Arkansas Weekly Gas Price Update

Average gasoline prices in Arkansas have fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.31/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,826 stations in Arkansas. Prices in Arkansas are 46.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 48.9 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 7.3 cents in the last week and stands at $5.04 per gallon.
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FI Awarded Grant to Help Arkansas Small Businesses

Little Rock – Forge Institute announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as one of three (3) awardees of the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program. The funding allows the Arkansas Cyber Defense Center (ACDC) – which launched last spring – to further build capacity and expand critical cybersecurity services to address the escalating cyber-attacks targeting small businesses.
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Maryland Woman Convicted for Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain Military Disability Benefits

Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Mary Francis Biggs of Lexington Park, Maryland, participated in a conspiracy organized by her daughter, Angela Farr, in which false and fraudulent documents were submitted to VA in support of disability claims in the name of Biggs’ husband. The fraudulent documents stated that the husband was homebound and required full-time assistance for basic tasks such as eating, bathing, and dressing.
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Growing Small Grains

Results of experiment in small grain management completed during 1956 through 1960 have been released by the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Grain yields of oats did not differ on seedbeds by plowing about July 8, August 8 or by disking September 8.
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