In a recent statement from Scott Baltz, Safety Officer for the City of Pocahontas, the community is provided with a detailed account of the plans and considerations behind the reconstruction of the Baltz Lake dam. Baltz emphasized the thorough approach taken to ensure the safety and well-being of the citizens, property owners around the lake and the preservation of wildlife in the area.
Black River Technical College (BRTC) celebrated its 50th Anniversary Thursday with a drop-in reception and a Board of Trustees meeting. The reception opened at 2:00 p.m.
As the holiday shopping season nears the end, local businesses in Pocahontas are reporting sales that remain consistent with previous years, resisting concerns about the impact of online giants on traditional brick-andmortar establishments.
Maynard Elementary School announced today that it has earned Highly Effective Schools Accreditation from Solution Tree. This accreditation is a significant achievement that reflects Maynard Elementary School’s commitment to reaching and maintaining the highest levels of educational quality. Maynard Elementary School earned this accreditation by maintaining and growing identified areas that have the biggest impact on student learning and growth. These areas are directly aligned with the Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLC) process and the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) framework.
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Trap and Skeet Club finished its season seventh in the country in the USA College Clay Target League, and BRTC Trap and Skeet Club member Sara Roland of Marmaduke placed first in the Junior Varsity National Championship.
Black River Technical College (BRTC) was recently visited by representatives from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and the East Arkansas Planning and Development District (EAPDD) to evaluate BRTC’s newest automation and robotics lab.
Black River Technical College (BRTC) recently held its annual High School Counselor Appreciation Day on its Pocahontas campus. Counselors and career coaches from 10 Arkansas and Missouri school districts attended the event.
Black River Technical College (BRTC) has awarded the Leondus and Gladys Brown Baker Memorial Scholarship to Hank DuBois of Pocahontas. DuBois is a 2023 graduate of Pocahontas High School and the son of Shawnee DuBois of Pocahontas.
George Bernard Shaw stated, “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” This makes the current mission of the Studio for the Arts, Inc. more pertinent than ever. Arkansas has only fifteen community based performing arts and centers offered for its 3 million plus residents. In 1991, there was less than that when The Studio for the Arts, Inc., a non-profit based in Pocahontas, AR first began touring the state as part of The Arkansas Arts Council’s Arts On Tour Roster. Their first tour was a music revue, “An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber”. Since that time other performances were added as well until the demands and focus of a full time dinner theater encouraged the organization to “stay home”.
VFW Auxiliary #4556 is pleased to sponsor its annual Post Level Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, for students in grades 9-12. Students must be enrolled in a public, private, parochial, or home school program in the U.S., its territories and possessions, or dependents of U.S. military or civilian personnel in overseas schools. U.S. citizenship is not required, however, students must be lawful U.S. permanent residents or have applied for permanent residency and intends to become a U.S. citizen. Foreign exchange students, students age 20 or older, GED and adult education students or National winners of previous Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contests are not eligible.