General Care Communities
Northeast Arkansas / Missisippi River Plain
Area Info
Although sometimes referred to as the Ozark Mountains, the region is a high and deeply dissected plateau. Geologically, the area is a broad dome around the Saint Francois Mountains. The Ozark Highlands area, the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the Black Hills of South Dakota are the only major highland regions in the U.S. between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. The Ozarks and Ouachitas are sometimes referred to collectively. For example, the ecoregion called Ozark Mountain Forests includes the Ouachita Mountains, although the Arkansas River valley and the Ouachitas, both south of the Boston Mountains, are not usually considered part of the Ozarks.
Articles
News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sheriff identifies storm victim
Mar 11, 2010 5:34 pm
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management and county officials reported one fatality and four injuries Thursday from Wednesday nights tornadoes and storms as officials assess damage.
Mena to auction off 4 schools to raise money
Mar 11, 2010 4:59 pm
The Mena School Board is auctioning four schools including one hit hard by a tornado last year in hopes of raising enough money to build a new elementary school.
Storms damage homes, knock out power
Mar 11, 2010 12:58 pm
At least four tornadoes were spotted in the state Wednesday night as storms swept through Arkansas, killing one person. Several homes were damaged and many were without power Thursday morning.
Mar 11, 2010 11:06 am
Dozens of homes and buildings were damaged Wednesday night as reported tornadoes and strong thunderstorms packed with hail swept across Arkansas.
State champions center for disabled
Mar 11, 2010 11:05 am
State officials staunchly defended Wednesday their operation of a Conway institution for developmentally disabled people and complained that the U.S. Department of Justice wants to do away with instit...
Federal cash benefiting states roads
Mar 11, 2010 10:51 am
The Arkansas Highway Commission opened bids Wednesday on 10 more road and bridge projects worth more than $65 million, the latest batch of work to be paid with federal economic stimulus money.
Toss suits over Cycle Breakers fees, county urges
Mar 11, 2010 10:33 am
Pulaski County is calling for the dismissal of a pair of lawsuits over the Cycle Breakers probation fees imposed by deposed Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr., arguing that the plaintiffs waited too lo...
Ex-Clinton aide gets OK to record death-row inmate
Mar 11, 2010 10:31 am
A judge on Wednesday granted permission to an attorney for former gubernatorial aide Betsey Wright to take videotaped testimony from deathrow inmate Don Davis, who is scheduled to be executed next mon...
Golfers not for LR park changes
Mar 11, 2010 10:29 am
Golfers are coming out ahead with changes at War Memorial Park, said Little Rock city directors, who remain unswayed by concerns about changes to the popular midtown golf course and park.
Witness: Conditions of schools vary widely
Mar 11, 2010 10:27 am
A School Board member on Wednesday described for a federal judge what she said are old buildings and lukewarm administrative support for the schools in her east Pulaski County Special School District ...
