Tracie Dungan
Recent Stories
Arkansas teens give birth at clip that leads U.S.
Rate falls 16% in 5 years, but nation posts 25% drop
Arkansas ranked highest in the nation in teenage birthrates in 2011 despite posting a substantial decline since 2007, according to a report released Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. Continue reading...
Budget Bump Sought By UA
Board Looks At 6% Boost
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is asking trustees to approve a budget of $513.2 million today for the coming fiscal year, an increase of 5.9 percent, after several years of shrinking state increases that campus leaders say force them to shift more financial burden to students. Continue reading...
Police investigating UA student deaths
Police in Missouri and Oklahoma are still investigating two separate accidents that took the lives of three University of Arkansas students earlier this week. Continue reading...
UA trustees want schools to justify fees
Chancellors must explain tuition increases over 3.5%
The University of Arkansas System board of trustees is taking an unusual step this afternoon by asking most of its four-year universities to justify proposed tuition and fee increases for the coming school year, officials said Monday. Continue reading...
18-year-old to graduate UA in triple-major rush
Muscular dystrophy hastens family’s plan
When Raymond Walter was 11 years old, a school counselor evaluating whether he should skip sixth and seventh grades asked him why he would want to do that. Continue reading...
Doctors examine new care model
State is trying a team system
Doctors shared concerns and success stories about a new patient-care model the state has been testing for the federal government during a meeting held Thursday in Northwest Arkansas. Continue reading...
Police hunt robber of Fort Smith bank
FORT SMITH — Fort Smith police spent Saturday investigating a Friday evening bank robbery. Continue reading...
Names missing; UA redoing part of walk
When Ciara Coleman was fresh out of high school and scouting colleges, the Senior Walk tradition at the University of Arkansas ranked high on her list of what made the Fayetteville campus immediately feel like family. Continue reading...
Healers found for UA System
Psychiatrists still too few
The University of Arkansas System’s new health-plan company has been able to attract more psychologists, social workers and nurses into its coverage network since Fayetteville campus employees expressed concerns about mental-health coverage last month but still needs to recruit more psychiatrists, a top administrator said Thursday. Continue reading...
Public-option vote divides legislators
BENTONVILLE — Rep. Randy Alexander went into town hall meetings Saturday in Northwest Arkansas leaning toward the state’s “private option” as the lesser of two “Obamacare” evils. Continue reading...
