When it’s below freezing weather, it can be devastating to everything you love. But you can take precautions to avoid problems. Here are the tips, and yes the memes! See below for 4 precautions you should take to protect everything – your People, Pets, Pipes and Plants. PEOPLE Contact your neighbors, friends and family to let […]
Warming center extends hours to Jan 21; Volunteers & Supplies needed
UPDATE JAN 17 – Due to the continuation of extreme cold temperatures, the Saline County Community Warming Center will remain open through Noon Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. The Warming Center is located at Northside Church of Christ, 917 N. East St., Benton, AR 72015. (Next to Saline Memorial Hospital). The Center has daytime and overnight […]
Upgraded to Freeze Warning – Lows in the 20s this week; Use the 4 P’s so you don’t freeze your assets
Scroll down for the 7-day forecast! ?️⛅⛈️?☔ Get ready for frost on the pumpkins for a few evenings. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Little Rock has upgraded most of Arkansas to a Freeze Warning. You can see our 7-day forecast below includes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights have temps in the low 30s and […]
Library presents “Warm Wishes” – Give or take warm items at both branches this winter
The Saline County Library is offering warm items at their Benton and Bryant branches. Anyone in need can pick up hats, gloves, scarves, etc. outside the Library. Take what you need. You do not need to return items. They are also accepting donations of new or like-new scarves, hats, and gloves. If you would […]
Frost Advisory for parts of Arkansas through Monday Morning
It’s late notice but hopefully you have time to bring your plants inside. The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a frost advisory for Sunday night, November 1st at 8:22 p.m. until Monday morning, November 2nd at 8:00 a.m. Temperatures as low as 33 to 35 degrees will result in frost formation in […]
Lows in the 20s for Monday through Wednesday; Protect your faucets inside and out
Let your inside faucets leak and cover the outside faucets…See the forecast below for very cold weather expected over the next few days, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock. When temps get below 28° F, you should let your faucets drip inside and outside to keep them from freezing over and bursting. […]
Bitter Cold and Chance for Precip Beginning Friday Night
Here’s the updated weekend forecast, issued from the National Weather Service in Little Rock on Friday afternoon… 1. Very cold air is on its way to Arkansas this weekend. Much of the state will remain below freezing for two to six days straight starting New Year’s Eve. 2. Patchy Freezing Drizzle Friday night. Temps on Saturday will climb above […]
NWS says it’s going to get even colder
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for a large part of Arkansas. The following counties are included: Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Newton-Searcy-Stone-Izard-Independence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne-Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew. From Fri Dec 29th through Wed Jan 3rd, a prolonged period of sub-freezing temperatures is likely, nearly statewide, beginning Sunday. Dangerously cold weather is likely, with low temperatures […]