Stories from Friday, July 20, 2012

FAYETTEVILLE -- The way Arkansans farm and how the state regulates water quality are at stake in a lawsuit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency by environmental groups; a suit in which Arkansas' attorney general, the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural advocacy groups have filed motions to intervene...

JONESBORO -- Arkansas' corn crop, a few dry days away from harvest, is in much better shape than the rest of the nation, but the drought gripping other parts of the Corn Belt is raising prices and questions about whether there will be enough corn nationally to meet the country's ethanol mandates...

LITTLE ROCK -- Exceptional drought, the most intense type, has more than tripled its size in Arkansas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor Map released Thursday. Exceptional drought now covers 10.81 percent of the state, compared with 3.25 percent in the previous week's map. The most intense drought covers all of Conway and Perry counties, most of Pope County and parts of Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Johnson, Logan, Pulaski, Saline, Searcy, Van Buren and Yell counties...

Berryville High School cheerleaders snap a group pic at cheerleading camp recently. From left in back are Leanna Wilson, Morgan Barr, Ellie Chafin, Hannah Standlee, Capt. Asia Youngblood and Jasmine Rosales. From left in front are McKinnley Flippo, Clarrisa Cox, Kylee Cox, the girls' NCA instructor, and Co-Capt. ...

Staff Report Carroll County News SPRINGDALE -- Community Blood Center of the Ozarks based in Springdale has issued a CODE YELLOW Alert for A Negative and O Negative blood types. There is less than a two-day supply of this type of blood on hospital shelves...

Special to Carroll County News EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Eureka Springs Preservation Society held its 34rd Annual Spring meeting on June 18 and presented awards for outstanding efforts and accomplishments in local preservation. With pride, President Dee Bright presented the 2012 awards to:...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will meet Monday in work session, with several items on the agenda. The board will discuss road closings and lane closings and how to go about notifying the public when these become necessary...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Carroll-Boone Water District board seemed less than happy Thursday with news of two expensive items during its financial report review. The Keel's Creek stream bank stabilization project, completed under the direction of consulting engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates, ended up costing the district $184,000 as opposed to the $75,000 the board thought it was going to pay...

HOLIDAY ISLAND -- The Holiday Island Board of Commissioners will meet Monday in work session, with several items on the agenda. The board will discuss road closings and lane closings and how to go about notifying the public when these become necessary...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- High school principal Kathryn Lavender had good news on test scores, including Advanced Placement, to share with the Eureka Springs School Board at its regular monthly meeting last Thursday night. "Algebra I end-of-course was above state levels," she said. "Scores combined were above proficient. The eighth grade was 10 points into advanced."...