3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (799+ words) Sept. 5 saw an abundance of music and music history celebrated across Jefferson County from Wabbaseka to historic downtown Pine Bluff. The Saturday occasion isn’t the only time the tiny burg sees an influx of out-of-town visitors. Following fall harvest, fields…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (181+ words) Local artists were honored during an awards reception for the 2026 Pine Bluff Art League Exhibition as the show opened Aug. 27 at The ARTSpace on Main. Juror Carey Voss presented the six awards: Best in Show: Rhonda F. Holderfield, “D’Arbonne Lake, Farmersville,…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (617+ words) Pine Bluff High School’s class of 2027 is setting firsts. Coming off an extended Labor Day break, the senior class was the first this week to tour the remodeled campus at its West 11th Avenue location. The seniors will also be the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (705+ words) Pine Bluff police officers delivered a message of accountability and consequences to Pine Bluff High School juniors Wednesday morning (Sept. 9), urging students to protect their new school, respect teachers and avoid decisions that could turn disciplinary problems into encounters with…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (138+ words) The University of Arkansas at Monticello will hold a public ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the Arkansas Forest Health Research Center. The event will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at the center, located behind the Fine Arts Center…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (644+ words) Questions about the condition of Jefferson County’s historic records, the rapidly increasing cost of preserving them and whether the county should spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new facility prompted the Quorum Court to reconsider a $355,000 emergency appropriation…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (400+ words) The Pine Bluff Art League will host its monthly meeting and hold a program and exhibitions. PBAL meeting: Sept. 13 The art league will hold its monthly meeting from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center. (The meeting was moved…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (271+ words) Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services has announced the promotion of longtime firefighter and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Juan Ventress to battalion chief. Ventress, currently a captain, will assume his new rank Sept. 11 after more than 37 years of service to Pine Bluff....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1237+ words) Jefferson County officials say they face an increasingly urgent need to remove thousands of deeds, mortgages and other public records from a deteriorating and condemned records building. Interim County Judge Ivan Whitfield told Quorum Court members that the need for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (995+ words) The ARTx3 Campus, which comprises the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, the ARTSpace on Main and ART WORKS on Main, presents the following events in September: Live@5: Angelica Glass — 5-7 p.m. Sept. 4 Angelica Glass will perform as part of the monthly…...