The Benton School Board will meet Monday, July 12 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be located at the Professional Development Center, 211 N Border Street. The board will discuss school program improvements, a resource officer, staff contracts, and more. The agenda outline follows and the full agenda with documents is at this link. AGENDA […]
Cong. Hill urges Arkansas residents to get vaccine; stop rising cases & hospitalizations
Congressman French Hill released a bulletin Monday night urging constituents to get the COVID-19 vaccination. “I encourage all Arkansans who are not currently vaccinated for COVID-19 to consult with their doctor about getting vaccinated,” stated Hill. “This is especially important given the rise of the Delta variant.” He noted that 90.5% of current active COVID-19 […]
Saline County committees to meet July 6th to honor Lady Panthers, vote on trail & airport funding, much more
Two Saline County committees will meet on Tuesday, July 6th. The Public Works & Safety and Finance Committees will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Saline County Courthouse, Courtroom #3. The agenda includes adding roads to the county system, appointments to the Library Board, recognition of the Benton Lady Panthers softball team, funds for the […]
Saline County to get a share of $8 Billion in Federal payments coming to airports
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $8 billion in grants to keep U.S. airport workers employed, construction projects going and help U.S. airports recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes money for 65 Arkansas airports, with one in Saline County. The funding for the grants comes from the […]
Dept of State: Passport processing may take up to 18 weeks; Congressman offers assistance
The Department of State just announced that passport processing time will now take 18 weeks from the day the passport is submitted for routine processing and 10 weeks for expedited processing, according to a statement from Congressman French Hill’s office. The Department of State is asking people to apply six months ahead of their travel […]
Quorum Court to meet Jun 21st with short agenda
The Saline County Quorum Court will meet on Monday, June 21st at 6:30 p.m. at the Saline County Courthouse, Courtroom #3. The agenda follows. INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CLERK: Call the Roll APPROVAL OF MINUTES REPORTS: OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: Exhibit “A”: Ordinance Amending 2021 Saline County Budget Ordinance 2020-46 Informational Presentation: 2019 Audit Findings […]
Benton School Board approves staff bonuses in special meeting June 1st
UPDATE June 1, 2021 The Benton School Board met Tuesday night June 1st to discuss staff bonuses. Board Directors accepted $1500 bonus proposals from certified and classified staff as presented by a group, including the Certified Personnel Policies Committee (PPC) Chair, Melissa Hilson; and the Classified Personnel Policies Committee (CPPC) Chair, Brian Lowrance. Dr. Mike […]
Boozman reports legislation for $300B to repair & modernize roads and bridges
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) announces legislation that will put $300 billion toward roads and bridges across the country – a sore issue with Saline County and Arkansas residents these days. The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) unanimously passed a landmark surface transportation reauthorization bill to invest over $300 billion to repair […]
Benton School Board special lunch meeting May 25th to discuss use of Relief funds
The Benton School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday, May 25, 11:30 a.m. to discuss how best to use the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds. The meeting will be located at the Chenault Administration Building, 207 W. Conway Street, Benton, AR 72015.
County Judge calls special Quorum Court meeting May 24th to accept federal transportation funding
Saline County Judge Jeff Arey has called a special emergency Quorum Court meeting for Monday, May 24th at 6:30 p.m. in Courtroom #3 at the Saline County Courthouse. The only item on the agenda is a Resolution that was inadvertently left off the regular meeting held this month and is necessary to make application for […]
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