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- Charged ex-official made deputy again
PINE BLUFF a ' The Jefferson County sheriff's office has recommissioned former County Judge Jack Jones to serve as a special deputy 10 1 /2 months after authorities charged him with nine felonies related to ...
- UAPB band seeks donors for inauguration trip
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff marching band needs some donors is raising money to pay for its trip to Washington, D.C., to march in Barack Obama's inaugural parade.
- Pine Bluff's Johnson Wants To Be The Best
The State of Arkansas is becoming a hot bed for recruiting, as it is starting to put out some of the nations top talent.
- Jefferson County escapee caught
The Jefferson County Sheriff is blaming jailers for the escape of an accused killer.
- Pine Bluff band to play at Obama inauguration
PINE BLUFF, Ark.-The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff band has been invited to march in the inaugural parade when Barack Obama is sworn in as president.
- Pine Bluff Escapee Captured
A prisoner escaped from a Jefferson County detention center overnight, only to be re-captured two hours later.
- Flames spare most of PB church
Glenn Babb got the call that a fire had broken out at the Lakeside United Methodist Church just before 6 a.m. Christmas Day.
- Sisters diagnosed with cancer in same year
Cancer does not discriminate. Age does not matter and family histories don't count.
- Arkansas' oddest: Criminal mishaps and lucky pets
Conjoined birds, a lucky cat named Charlie Brown, a state lawmaker accused of biblical crimes and criminal mishaps top 2008's list of offbeat news in Arkansas.
- How Now Joe Brown, December 21
Brother-in-law Jim Danaher was in town from Pine Bluff, Ark. At lunch yesterday, he told the little ones that, other than Rudolph, all Santa's reindeer were females who didn't mind stopping to ask directions.
- Board OKs $27M in Ark. prison projects
PINE BLUFF - The Arkansas Board of Correction has approved $27 million in prison projects, including an 86-bed expansion at the McPherson Unit for women.
- Arkansas districts keep eye on school choice lawsuit
WHITE HALL, Ark.-Some school officials in Arkansas say their districts could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding if the state's School Choice Act is deemed unconstitutional.
- Pine Bluff Police Serach For Suspect
The Pine Bluff Police Department is asking for help from the city of Pine Bluff and surrounding areas in locating Michael Bates.
- Arkansas recyclers struggle, too, in slow economy
Like many other businesses this year, recyclers are feeling the pinch of a slower economy.
- Ark. districts keep eye on school choice lawsuit
Some school officials in Arkansas say their districts could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funding if the state's School Choice Act is deemed unconstitutional.
- Man convicted of killing with car loses appeal
The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the capital murder conviction of a Pine Bluff man sentenced to life in prison for killing a man by deliberately running over him with a car.
- Holiday Exhibit At Capitol Features Dolls From Pine Bluff Museum
What child wouldn't want his or her very own Douglas MacArthur doll? OK, maybe it wouldn't be at the top of many Christmas wish lists now, but in 1942 the Little Rock-born general was popular enough to be the ...
- Corps OKs MRGO closure work
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday gave a contractor the notice to begin construction of a closure structure for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a federal channel blamed for some of the flooding in ...
- Nature center opens in downtown LR
A short walk away from downtown Little Rocka s bars and restaurants, visitors can now check out largemouth bass or brown trout swimming through a stream and listen to the sounds of elks bugling and turkeys ...
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City DescriptionPine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined Statistical Area. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 52,693, ranking it as the seventh most populous city in the state. According to the 2007 US Census, Pine Bluff now has a population of 50,667
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is located here. Pine Bluff is also the home of the Pine Bluff Arsenal, a major site for the demolition of chemical weapons.
Pine Bluff is on the Arkansas River; the community was named for a bluff along the Arkansas River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 46.8 square miles (121.3 km²), of which, 45.6 square miles (118.1 km²) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²) of it (2.65%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 55,085 people, 19,956 households, and 13,350 families residing in the city. In 2005 the population of Jefferson County was 81,700. The population density was 1,207.6 people per square mile (466.3/km²). ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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