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New York woman finds 2.3-carat gem at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds
United Press International (UPI)
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1 of 3 | Micherre Fox found a 2.3-carat white diamond after three weeks of searching at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Photo courtesy of Arkansas State Parks Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A New York woman visited Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State...
New York woman finds diamond for her engagement ring at Arkansas state park
The Guardian
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August 14, 2025
A New York woman has found a 2.30-carat colorless diamond in an Arkansas state park and repurposed it as her engagement ring. Micherre Fox, 31, of Manhattan, New York, went on a month-long hunt in July to the state’s Crater of Diamonds state park...
UA Little Rock names leaders in Donaghey College of STEM
The Daily Record - Arkansas
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August 11-17, 2025 By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced several key leadership appointments in the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Dr. Srikanth Pidugu, professor of...
Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
Arkansas Times
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August 12, 2025
A federal appeals court opened the door for Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth to take full effect with Tuesday’s decision reversing what had been a four-year hold on the first state law of its kind. Arkansas...
Researchers Track Spread of Invasive Tick Threatening Arkansas Cattle
Deltaplex Media - Arkansas
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August 12, 2025
A fully-engorged Asian longhorned tick, measuring 12.5 mm aby 10 mm, oviposits thousands of offspring inside a lab jar. Division of Agriculture researchers are tracking the spread of the invasive tick in Arkansas. (Division of Agriculture photo.)...
Scientist recognized for breakthroughs in pepper breeding
Brownfield Ag News
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News Scientist recognized for breakthroughs in pepper breeding August 12, 2025 By Meghan Grebner Filed Under: News A senior scientist at the World Vegetable Center has been recognized for his breakthroughs in pepper breeding with the 2025 Borlaug...
Bears abundant in South Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 14, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. South Arkansas might have more black bears than thought, according to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists. Mark Hooks, the commission's Southeast Region...
Appeals court upholds Arkansas’ ban on transgender minors’ health care after SCOTUS ruling
Mountain Home Observer - Arkansas
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August 14, 2025
Share This Article A federal appeals court lifted the injunction on Arkansas’ law banning transgender minors’ health care, clearing the way Tuesday for it to be enforced after four years. The 8-2 ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
This week in City of Tucson history: Noteworthy events that shaped our past (Aug. 17-23)
Tucson Standard - Arizona
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August 17, 2025
This week in City of Tucson history. Lafayette "Fat" Lever Born on August 18, 1960 Lafayette "Fat" Lever was born on August 18, 1960, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Pueblo High School in Tucson, where he...
She spent years hoping to find a diamond for her engagement ring. She found one in an Arkansas park
KTVZ - Oregon
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August 14, 2025
By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Some people search for “the one” before they get married. For Micherre Fox, hers appeared at her feet – a glimmering diamond in the rough. About two years ago, the 31-year-old New Yorker decided she wanted to...
Alrubaye In Poultry Science Featured Speaker at Prestigious Veterinary Conference
University of Arkansas
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Photo Submitted Adnan Alrubaye's presentation was from his research area, which is bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO), a cause of lameness in broiler chickens that leads to substantial economic losses and welfare concerns in...
Court Upholds Arkansas Ban on Harmful ‘Transgender’ Procedures for Children
Daily Citizen - Colorado
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August 13, 2025
A federal appellate court upheld an Arkansas law protecting children from experimental and destructive “transgender” medical procedures. Arkansas was the first state to pass a law shielding minors with sexual identity confusion from harmful...
UA receives funds for endowed professorship in civil engineering
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 13, 2025
A $1 million gift to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville from a longtime professor and researcher will support faculty excellence and expand research opportunities in computer modeling and computational mechanics, according to the university....
Poultry production at top of list in northwest Arkansas, region
High Plains Journal - Kansas
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August 13, 2025
Poultry Federation Executive Vice President Blake Rollins has only been on the job several months, but he’s no stranger to agriculture or northwest Arkansas. Rollins, along with Dave Caldwell, discussed the poultry industry during the Ag Media...
ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor
Arizona State University
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A team of international scientists has discovered new fossils at a field site in Africa that indicate Australopithecus and the oldest specimens of Homo coexisted at the same place in Africa at the same time — between 2.6 million and 2.8 million...
Arkansas Business Names Finalists for 2025 Executive of the Year Awards
Arkansas Business
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August 11, 2025
Arkansas Business on Monday announced the finalists for the second annual Arkansas Executive of the Year awards. The program, an expansion of the former CFO of the Year awards, recognizes and honors the state’s most outstanding senior executives...
Court sides with Arkansas banning transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for children
The Blaze
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August 13, 2025
The state of Arkansas won a court victory to reinstate a ban on transgender medical interventions for minors that was passed in 2021. The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled 8-2 to overturn a lower court ruling and said the ban...
Arkansas 4-H alumna appointed to National 4-H Young Alumni Advisory Committee
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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August 11, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — For Arkansas 4-H alumna Diamond Jones, advocating for the next generation of 4-H members is “like watering a plant,” she said. “We grew from seeds, and now it’s time to help these new flowers bloom. “We want these youth to be...
Arkansas Department of Education claws back $300k from terminated voucher contract
Arkansas Times
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August 11, 2025
Student First Technologies, a vendor hired to help Arkansas manage its school voucher program, has paid $300,000 in damages to the Arkansas Department of Education. The payment stems from a now-terminated contract to provide online services for...
High School football: Plenty of optimism at Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl HS Media Day
Minden Press Herald - Louisiana
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August 13, 2025
38 Note: This story is also in the Aug. 13 print edition. The Media Day event was Aug. 6. Head coaches and players from more than 30 area teams participated in the first Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl High School Football Media at...