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Fri. Mar 5th 2010
Burn Ban Includes Farms In Greene County

The Arkansas Forestry Commission said it will implement two controlled burns to remove fallen debris and thin underbrush Frid...

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Sun. Feb 28th 2010
Budget Battles Continue For Jonesboro

The City of Jonesboro is in the midst of intense financial planning for the next 3 years.  The city is addressing public...

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Sat. Feb 27th 2010
Mutual Aid Agreements Benefit Rural Fire Departments

It's called mutual aid...or automatic aid.
It's how rural fire departments keep you safe and your insurance rates down. <...

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Burn Ban Includes Farms In Greene County
Fri. Mar 5th 2010
The Arkansas Forestry Commission said it will implement two controlled burns to remove fallen debris and thin underbrush Friday and in the coming week; an official also said Thursday that a dispatcher unaware of the county-wide burn ban in place since Feb. 27 took information on an intended burn fro...

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Budget Battles Continue For Jonesboro
Sun. Feb 28th 2010
The City of Jonesboro is in the midst of intense financial planning for the next 3 years.  The city is addressing public safety, the city's most demanding budget, first. "We want to run this exercise, take a look at it, now we know," said Jonesboro Mayor, Harold Perrin. The  ex...

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Mutual Aid Agreements Benefit Rural Fire Departments
Sat. Feb 27th 2010
It's called mutual aid...or automatic aid. It's how rural fire departments keep you safe and your insurance rates down. With most volunteer fire departments, getting enough bodies on a scene is an ongoing issue. Sometimes it's a lack of volunteers, many times it's conflicting work schedules or ot...

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Van Buren Waives Bid Process For New Fire Engine
Thu. Feb 25th 2010
Three rows of firefighters showed up to support the purchase of a new pumper for the city’s fire department. Aldermen voted to forego the bidding process for a pumper provided by Pierce Manufacturing, located in Appleton, Wis., at a total cost of $346,543. The fire department said it needed th...

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New Emergency and Police Vehicles for Maynard
Thu. Feb 25th 2010
When you are a small town and have the responsibility of covering a huge area for fire protection... What do you do when your *newest* fire truck is over 30 years old?  You have to buy a newer one! but what if you can't afford it?  The town of Maynard  recently received some welcome...

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Mountain Home Firefighters Respond To Grass Fire
Tue. Mar 9th 2010
Mountain Home firefighters responded to a brush fire Sunday that burned about 30 acres, said Mountain Home Fire Chief Ken Williams. About 11 a.m., firefighters responded to five acres burning at Baxter County Road 39 and Knotty Pine Lane when the wind picked up and it quickly spread to 12-15 acres,...

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Wind Blows Fires Out Of Control In Cleburne County
Sat. Mar 6th 2010
This past weekend several out of control fires had numerous fire departments in the county scrambling to save structures and property. Dozens of acres were scorched, but thankfully, no homes were destroyed in Cleburne County. Every year inattentive residents put firefighters and the public in danger...

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Crews Battle Fire At Fort Smith Salvage Yard
Fri. Mar 5th 2010
A big cloud of dark smoke could be seen over Fort Smith Friday afternoon after a fire at a salvage yard. The blaze occurred at about 1:30 p.m. at Fort Smith Auto Parts at Wheeler Avenue near South I Street. Fire officials told News Staff that the fire began as a worker was trying to remove a part ...

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Fire Heavily Damages Pulaski County Home
Thu. Mar 4th 2010
No one was hurt but a fire in a northern Pulaski County home destroyed the rear half of the structure and damaged much of the rest of it this afternoon. Multiple fire agencies, including North Pulaski, Jacksonville, Sherwood, Gravel Ridge and Runyan Acres, responded to 3209 Maddox Road at about noo...

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2 Dead In I-40 Wreck Involving 3 Tractor-Trailers
Mon. Mar 1st 2010
Two people are dead after an accident on Interstate 40 near Russellville that involved three tractor-trailers and a pickup. The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. Monday and authorities shut down both the interstate and nearby State Highway 64 for about an hour. Pope County Sheriff Aaron Duval...

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Tue. Mar 9th 2010
Mountain Home Firefighters Respond To Grass Fire

Mountain Home firefighters responded to a brush fire Sunday that burned about 30 acres, said Mountain Home Fire Chief Ken Wil...

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Sat. Mar 6th 2010
Wind Blows Fires Out Of Control In Cleburne County

This past weekend several out of control fires had numerous fire departments in the county scrambling to save structures and ...

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Fri. Mar 5th 2010
Crews Battle Fire At Fort Smith Salvage Yard

A big cloud of dark smoke could be seen over Fort Smith Friday afternoon after a fire at a salvage yard.
The blaze occurr...

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