Stories from Tuesday, November 10, 2009

BERRYVILLE -- With more and more people going back to school to strengthen their skills and improve their 'employability,' enrollment has risen and course offerings have expanded at the North Arkansas College campus in Berryville. Instructors are needed to keep up with demand, said Shelly McCall, director of NorthArk's Carroll County Center, located in Bobcat Plaza...

CARROLL COUNTY -- The members of the Carroll County Airport Commission were bowled over by a proposed design for a new terminal building for the airport. Josh Siebert and Chris Baribeau, with Modus Studio in Fayetteville, presented a preliminary draft of their concept for a new terminal. The design incorporates the features which the commissioners had stressed, including a lot of glass on the south side of the building, facing the runway...

GREEN FOREST -- Anyone wishing to run for mayor can file beginning at noon on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the county clerk's office in Berryville. The filing period will remain open until noon on Wednesday, Dec. 2, and a special election will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9...

The seventh annual Christmas Ball fund-raiser for the Eureka Springs Historical Museum will be held Dec. 5 at the Basin Park Hotel ballroom from 7 to 11 p.m. Music will be provided by the JM Combo and complimentary wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres are included in the ticket price of $20 in advance, or $25 at the door...

Governor Mike Beebe has declared Arkansas, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Cross, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Miller, Monroe, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Sharp, St. ...

PEA RIDGE -- Berryville Bobcat Travis McBryde carried 22 times for 103 yards to end a stellar career Friday night, but it wasn't enough to beat the Pea Ridge Blackhawks, who took a 30-12 victory. The loss left Berryville with just one win this season, over Marshall, and a 1-9 mark after forfeiting the Carroll County Shootout game with Green Forest due to an ineligible player. That game ended in a 6-6 tie for the first time in the history of the rivalry in the third week of the season...

BERGMAN -- The Bergman Panther basketball teams cleaned the slate against three visiting Eureka Springs Highlander teams on Thursday. Bergman won the senior boys outing 67-55, the senior girls game 53-36, and the junior boys game 53-32. Next action for the Highlander is tonight at home versus Oark, with senior girls action starting at 5 p.m...

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