Local News in Barling, Arkansas
Barling Tax Won’t Be On November Ballot
BARLING - Barling leaders have decided to not put a 1 percent sales tax for street and drainage issues on November's election ballot.School Board Cuts Polling Sites Saving $10,000 by opening fewer polling sites for the annual school election on Sept. 21 is the more prudent fiscal choice, the Fort Smith School Board decided Monday in a split vote.
Reserves Stage ‘River Assault’ BARLING – Army Reserves engineers training at Fort Chaffee built a makeshift bridge across the Arkansas River on Wednesday.
Army Reserve Constructs Bridge Over Arkansas River In less than two hours, Army reservists from all over the U.S. constructed a floating bridge over the Arkansas River.
City Officials Issue Flood Alert Corey S. Krasko • Times Record A motorcycle carrying two people drives through a flooded intersection at Wheeler and Dodson avenues during a thunderstorm on Thursday.
County Gets $77 Million Stimulus Jolt Sebastian County has been allocated more than $77 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to Sen. Mark Pryor.
A journey to freedom: The Chung family made a perilous escape from Vietnam to a new life and a better future As a young Chinese emigrant living in Vietnam, Thanh Chung had dreams - dreams of becoming a doctor. Growing up as one of six children with a father who owned an Asian medicine pharmacy, Chung graduated high school and attended a couple of years of business school.