Pop’s to open new site
Pop’s Barber/Beauty Shop & More will hold its grand opening at its new location from noon to 4 p.m. March 28. The community is invited to attend. There will be giveaways, food, drinks, and drawings for prizes, according to a Facebook post. The new site is on Main Street in downtown Pine Bluff.
WH plans Easter Egg Hunt
An Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 10 a.m. March 28 in White Hall City Park. The event is presented by the White Hall Chamber of Commerce, according to a Facebook post.
UAMS chancellor to visit PBHS, clinic
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will return to his alma mater on Monday to speak with students about his journey from Pine Bluff High School to UAMS.
Barnes will visit students at 10:30 a.m. at Pine Bluff High School’s Jack Robey Gymnasium, 4101 S. Olive St.
Other participants will include Ronald Laurent, PBHS principal; Vivian Flowers, Pine Bluff mayor; Anthony Graham, Ph.D., University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff chancellor; Jennifer Barbaree, Pine Bluff School District superintendent; Pine Bluff High School Dark Cloud Band and Pine Bluff High School Choir, according to a news release.
At noon, Barnes will hold a town hall at the UAMS South Central Regional Campus, 1601 W. 40th Ave., where Barnes will visit with employees and UAMS alumni.
ARDOT sets Dallas County meeting
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct a public involvement meeting from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Holly Springs Baptist Church (fellowship hall) in Sparkman.
The purpose is to discuss design changes for the proposed safety improvements to the Y-intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 128 in Dallas County, according to a news release.
Comments will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. March 12. Submit online comment forms to ARDOT or print the form and mail it to: Environmental Division, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203-2261.
If you do not have internet access or for further details, contact Matt Strawn at (501) 569-2281 or by email at matt.strawn@ardot.gov.
Ag, environmental law event set
The National Agricultural Law Center and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Foundation, or NASDA Foundation, will co-host the 13th annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference.
The event is scheduled for June 5 at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis, Tenn., according to a news release from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
“We’re really excited to be able to offer this program again, and especially to continue to grow it by co-hosting with our friends at the NASDA Foundation,” said NALC Director Harrison Pittman.
The NASDA Foundation is an educational and research organization that serves the nation’s state departments of agriculture.
The Mid-South conference is part of a long-running effort to provide timely agricultural and environmental law information for attorneys, lenders, accountants, consultants, students and other agricultural professionals across the region, Pittman said. The program offers continuing legal education credit, including ethics, as well as continuing education from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
An online-only “Early Bird” session on May 13 will offer three hours of bonus CLE and CE to those who register for the Mid-South conference by May 12.
Topics scheduled for the Early Bird program include a U.S. Supreme Court and agricultural litigation update, a Mid-South policy panel featuring leaders from state departments of agriculture and a mid-year review of agricultural law and policy developments from NALC attorneys.
The main Mid-South conference on June 5 will feature six hours of continuing education programming, including one hour of ethics credit. The agenda will cover a range of pressing issues for agricultural stakeholders.
Featured speakers will include Judge Stephen A. Vaden, USDA deputy secretary, as the keynote speaker, and Hunt Shipman, principal and director at Cornerstone Government Affairs, among others.
The conference will include a “Next Generation of Ag & Food Law: Roundtable for Students” on the afternoon of June 4 at the law school, offering law students an opportunity to engage with practitioners and explore career pathways in agricultural law. That evening, attendees are invited to a networking reception at The Rendezvous in Memphis.
Organizers note that Memphis-area lodging is available near the law school, with many attendees traditionally staying at The Peabody Memphis.
Registration is open at https://nationalaglawcenter.org/midsouth2026/and a livestream option will be available for those who cannot travel.