Watch for ARDOT to make changes and close a highway ramp overnights this week due to construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes. Workers will close the eastbound on-ramp at Exit 116. Crews will be working to shift ramp traffic south onto new pavement adjacent to I-30. This means you’ll have to skip merging […]
ARDOT to close an Interstate 30 ramp this week in Saline County
Watch for ARDOT to close a highway ramp this week. Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes requires closing the Highway 67 ramp to Interstate 30 east in Benton. The reason for closing the ramp, according to ARDOT, is for bridge work. This will begin 9 p.m., Tuesday night, December 12th and end by […]
Poker chips & ping pong balls: See what candidates in different Arkansas counties will do to be 1st on the ballot
Did you know that in Arkansas, by law, political candidates participate in a fun process to determine who gets to be #1 on the ballot? (And #2 and #3…) Candidates aren’t listed in alphabetical order. Maybe because everyone would change their last name to Aaron, so they can be first. But not everyone can be […]
Conservative organization presents award to Sen Kim Hammer of Benton
Family Council Action Committee presented Senator Kim Hammer (R-Benton) with the group’s 2023 Statesman Award. Senator Hammer received the award for earning an A on the 2023 Family Council Action Committee legislative report card. Recipients of this award are recognized for their votes during the 94th General Assembly on the 25 bills scored in the […]
ARDOT closing lanes on Hwy 229 in November
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will send crews for nightly work on Arkansas Highway 229 in Benton. Page closures will be necessary there for asphalt paving. Several Days: Scroll down for the when, where and what to look for… Where will it be? Alternating overnight lane closures are scheduled on Highway 229 […]
ARDOT gives us a small break from I-30 construction in November
Arkansas Department of Transportation will continue construction on I-30 through November. I’m sensing a theme – but we will catch a break. I have lost track of when the project started, for the widening of Interstate 30 to six lanes in Saline County. Here’s the good news – ARDOT must have known my birthday is […]
ARDOT to have snowplows on Arkansas roads on Halloween
Yes, we will see snowplows in October. But The Arkansas Department of Transportation’s (ARDOT) Winter Weather Strike Team will conduct training drills in the central Arkansas area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 31. Read more below… The drills will consist of training drivers, performing equipment checks and maintenance. They will also do […]
ARDOT closing the east end of Hwy 229 Oct 24-28
Y’all are going to kill me, but if there was no news, you’d have find me a new job. I know, I know… I just wrote an article about ARDOT closing a section of Highway 229 for 3 days. Well to continue the theme, here we are again with closures on the other end […]
Arkansas Governor bans using “woke” and “anti-women” words by Executive Order
With several women standing at the lectern behind her, Arkansas Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Executive Order on Thursday to “eliminate woke, anti-women words from state government and respect women.” While Sanders did not give specifics on instances of words or phrases that she has encountered or that was reported to her office, there is […]
Your Hwy 229 detour around The Gauntlet, AKA I-30 concrete walls, will be closed for the whole weekend
Just when you thought you were clever for taking Highway 229 to get around The Gauntlet… Yes, also known as those tall concrete walls on the left and right of narrow lanes on Interstate 30 on the west side of Saline County… You won’t want to take that normally convenient detour on Hwy 229 starting […]
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