I always take time on New Year s Eve to look back on the year that s ending and look ahead to the year that s about to begin. I can state without equivocation that Arkansas is in a good spot economically as 2022 comes to a close. State government has a record budget surplus, and there are trends that point to a golden era for the state if business and civic leaders make the right moves.
The opening of Friendship Aspire Academy s Downtown Pine Bluff campus represented the addition of a new community resource, school officials said Tuesday.
Head Start programs have the goal of preparing America's most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. Pine Bluff offers three head start programs that graduated 56 early learners who are now transitioning to kindergarten.