Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Board of Trustees held a special meeting recently on the Pocahontas BRTC campus. A resolution to accept a Delta Regional Authority workforce training expansion grant was approved.
Black River Area Development Corporation will hold a special board meeting at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20 for the revision of PHA Payment Standard. The meeting will be held virtually only at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 82049006336.
Each summer, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott hosts a writerin- residence position. The residency will take place during the entire month of June and includes lodging at a loft apartment in downtown Piggott.
TheArkansas Department of Health (ADH) Office of Oral Health is partnering with theArkansas Foodbank Network to provide more than 5,000 oral health kits to Arkansans in need. The oral health kits, which include toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss, will be available to the Foodbank’s member organizations beginning this fall.
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas announces it received a Summit Cares grant donation totaling $5,000 from Summit Utilities of Arkansas, a subsidiary of Summit Utilities, Inc. Summit’s charitable giving program, Summit Cares focuses on non-profit organizations in their service area with interest in human needs, education, community vitality and environmental stewardship.
Plans are complete, as the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to host their annual Christmas Fest on Saturday, Dec. 2. Activities are slated from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the square in downtown Piggott, followed by the annual Christmas Parade at 5 p.m.
The Fine Arts Center at Arkansas State University will host a gallery opening for the art show “Manitoba Sugar,” on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m.
Piggott Public Library and Rector Public Library in conjunction with Arkansas PBS are hosting a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. The local libraries will be collecting new and gently used sweaters and other cold weather items. Collection boxes are available in Piggott at the library and the Chamber of Commerce office and at the library in Rector. Piggott Public Library will distribute items to the community on Dec. 2 at the Christmas on the Square event.