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Works continues on improving the Interstate 81 corridor.
The I-81 Advisory Committee met virtually this afternoon and heard an improvement program update from the director of the I-81 Corridor Program.
David Covington explained that one of the ways to improve traffic flow without widening the entire highway is the acceleration and deceleration lane extension projects.
Covington added that seven more projects are set to start construction, meaning that over half of the three dozen acceleration and deceleration lane projects along I-81 will have been completed or under construction by late summer or early fall.
Photo courtesy of Arkansas Game and Fish Commisison.
LITTLE ROCK â With the 2021 youth hunt less than two weeks away, many mentors are already pacing the floor trying to figure out how they are going to get their little hunter on a bird on opening day. Here are a few tips from three of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commissionâs bird-obsessed biologists and staff to flatten the learning curve and make lifelong memories.
Practice and preparation
Brad Carner was the AGFCâs turkey program/small game coordinator in 2004 when Arkansas instituted its first youth turkey hunt. Since that time, he has progressed to become chief of the AGFCâs Wildlife Management Division. He still spends many of his spring mornings chasing birds and is passing the passion on to his own son.Â
James Cecil Woods.
ROCKLAND James Cecil Woods, 81, died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at the Sussman Hospice House in Rockport following a period of declining health.
He was born Aug. 13, 1939 in Miami, Florida, the oldest child of the late Ester Lee Woods and Ineva Covington. Known by all who knew and loved him as Woody, he had a humble upbringing, not owning a pair of his own
shoes until he was 14 years old. His children recalled him sharing stories of packing onion sandwiches to eat for his school lunch. His family worked as seasonal farmers and in carpentry. Woody yearned for a different life for himself and when he graduated from high school, he enlisted in the US Navy. He spent a year in the Navy before joining the U.S. Coast Guard. He served his country for 21 years.
Lysha Best, Louisiana State Director for RI, points out highlight of the observation room during a tour after a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Bridge Center for Hope Tuesday December 15, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. The psychiatric stabilization and detox facility was funded through a 1.5-mill property tax voters approved in December 2018.
STAFF PHOTO BY BILL FEIG