AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Hickory Ridge Arkansas. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/hickory-ridge-ar 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/hickory-ridge-ar https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:11:23 -0600 WASHINGTON—U.S Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Ranking Member Sen. Tim https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-cotton-move-to-block-irs-surveillance-protect-american-taxpayers-31540884-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-cotton-move-to-block-irs-surveillance-protect-american-taxpayers-31540884-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, recently joined Chairman https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-tester-lead-bicameral-bill-to-strengthen-earned-support-for-military-survivors-and-families-31540885-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-tester-lead-bicameral-bill-to-strengthen-earned-support-for-military-survivors-and-families-31540885-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and their Republican colleagues in reintroducing https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-lankford-and-colleagues-reintroduce-act-to-create-higher-quality-health-care-access-31540886-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-lankford-and-colleagues-reintroduce-act-to-create-higher-quality-health-care-access-31540886-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in leading 20 https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-wyden-rubio-and-durbin-lead-senate-colleagues-to-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-repression-of-iranian-bahai-31540887-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/boozman-wyden-rubio-and-durbin-lead-senate-colleagues-to-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-repression-of-iranian-bahai-31540887-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the https://www.americantowns.com/news/cotton-statement-on-russias-withdrawing-from-nuclear-arms-treaty-31540890-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cotton-statement-on-russias-withdrawing-from-nuclear-arms-treaty-31540890-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 BENTON COUNTY, AR - The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) announced on Feb 24th, that 35 acres adjacent to Mark Twain National Forest in Benton https://www.americantowns.com/news/pang-family-conservation-easement-increases-protection-of-mark-twain-national-forest-31541242-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/pang-family-conservation-easement-increases-protection-of-mark-twain-national-forest-31541242-little-rock-ar.html Clubs and Organizations Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Following Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ roundtable discussion on reducing crime and violence in Little Rock, https://www.americantowns.com/news/readout-from-the-governors-roundtable-discussion-on-reducing-crime-and-violence-in-little-rock-31542540-little-rock-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/readout-from-the-governors-roundtable-discussion-on-reducing-crime-and-violence-in-little-rock-31542540-little-rock-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will appoint Tom Fisher to serve as the Arkansas Drug Director. https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-to-appoint-tom-fisher-as-the-arkansas-drug-director-31542541-bentonville-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-to-appoint-tom-fisher-as-the-arkansas-drug-director-31542541-bentonville-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Friday, February 16, 2023, the Governor signed into law: SB180, to amend the law to adopt certain terms and requirements https://www.americantowns.com/news/bills-signed-sb180-sb214-hb1019-sb42-sb57-sb87-sb98-sb99-sb132-hb1171-hb1265-hb1321-sb111-sb141-sb114-sb100-hb1198-hcr1007-hb1344-31542542-rogers-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/bills-signed-sb180-sb214-hb1019-sb42-sb57-sb87-sb98-sb99-sb132-hb1171-hb1265-hb1321-sb111-sb141-sb114-sb100-hb1198-hcr1007-hb1344-31542542-rogers-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WHEREAS:    Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. Bates’s life began marred by the https://www.americantowns.com/news/proclamation-on-daisy-gatson-bates-day-31542543-springdale-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/proclamation-on-daisy-gatson-bates-day-31542543-springdale-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released the following statement after the Arkansas LEARNS bill was filed: https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-statement-on-arkansas-learns-bill-filing-31542544-russellville-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-statement-on-arkansas-learns-bill-filing-31542544-russellville-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will appoint 17 outdoor recreation and business leaders to the https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-appoints-natural-state-advisory-council-31542545-searcy-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-appoints-natural-state-advisory-council-31542545-searcy-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WHEREAS: The State of Arkansas officially recognized home schooling as a form of nonpublic education with the passage of Act 40 of 1985;  https://www.americantowns.com/news/proclamation-on-a-day-to-recognize-home-schooling-in-arkansas-31542546-harrison-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/proclamation-on-a-day-to-recognize-home-schooling-in-arkansas-31542546-harrison-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the Governor signed into law: SB37, an act for the Arkansas Supreme Court appropriation for https://www.americantowns.com/news/bills-signed-sb37-sb69-sb70-sb34-sb116-hb1050-hb1064-hb1362-hb1188-hb1193-hb1201-hb1026-sb101-hb1026-sb101-hb1091-hb1157-hb1280-hb1166-hb1197-hb1282-hb1278-hb1281-hb1175-31542548-morrilton-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/bills-signed-sb37-sb69-sb70-sb34-sb116-hb1050-hb1064-hb1362-hb1188-hb1193-hb1201-hb1026-sb101-hb1026-sb101-hb1091-hb1157-hb1280-hb1166-hb1197-hb1282-hb1278-hb1281-hb1175-31542548-morrilton-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released the following statement after the Arkansas Senate passed the Arkansas LEARNS https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-statement-on-the-arkansas-senate-passing-arkansas-learns-31542549-maumelle-ar.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sanders-statement-on-the-arkansas-senate-passing-arkansas-learns-31542549-maumelle-ar.html Government and Politics Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600