SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Dec. 31 -- Southwestern Electric Power issued the following news release: The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved new base rates for Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company. The decision provides a net annual increase of $23.9 million in non-fuel base rates. An Arkansas residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month will see an overall bill increase of approximately $8.43 per month, or 8.7%. Increas  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 4 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address: * * * - Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address can be found in MP3 format and downloaded HERE (https://server9.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sbkdznygq/sjhhmasmf/p2/news-media/weekly-address/a-new-year-a-new-tax-cut/). * * * When I was running for governor in 2014, I promised to cut our income taxes by $100 million. With the support of the General Assembly, we not only kept  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 1 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: Keith Crestman, Jonesboro, as Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial District. Appointment begins January 1, 2020, and expires December 31, 2020. Replaces Judge John Fogleman. Rob Ratton, Newport, as Circuit Judge for the Third Judicial District. Appointment expires December 31, 2020. Replaces Judge Tom Garner. Curtis Barnett, Littl  more

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 31 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced that it is co-hosting in partnership with NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS-TV) Lone Star NYE Live on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. CST. For the third consecutive year, NBC 5 has teamed up with stations owned by Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting, Inc., and Vaughan Media LLC across 21 markets throug  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 4 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: A free Dementia Care Workshop will be offered Jan. 9 in El Dorado for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. The workshop, which is open to the public, will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at College Avenue Church of Christ, 1817 N. College Ave. For more information or to register, please call 870-881-8969 or email nyarbrough@  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Jan. 4 [TNSgrants-NSF] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Celina Suarez, associate professor of geosciences, recently received a $587,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research that will greatly expand what we know about the profound changes to both land and animals that took place about 100 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period. "We're interested in looking at how different tectonic and global climate changes occurred i  more