NORTHWEST ARK. (KNWA/KFTA) — Following an Arkansas state representative’s call to build two 500-bed prisons in Northwest Arkansas in both Benton and Washington counties. Sheriffs from both counties are responding. Representative Steve Unger, a Republican from Springdale, shared the proposal with the Arkansas Joint Senate and House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Unger suggested building the prisons near the existing county jails. Unger noted that building a prison in growing Northwest Arkansas would eliminate staffing challenges that rural communities face. “I don’t know that we need more prison beds, but we need prison beds where we have the workforce to staff them appropriately,” Unger said. “We have the infrastructure. We have the roads. We have the hospitals. And more importantly, I think we have the volunteers.” Ideally, the facilities would be state-owned and manned by state correction guards, bearing no cost to the county, Unger said.
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Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences is preparing for budget cuts. “The state economy has not improved, so there will be some budget cuts that will be sent to our direction,” CAHNRS’ Cashup Davis Family Endowed Dean Raj Khosla told Washington Grain Commission board members during their meeting in Spokane Nov. 12. Last year, CAHNRS saw “the smallest amount of cuts,” at 1%, while WSU campuses in Vancouver and the Tri-Cities saw 15% and 10% cuts, Khosla said. This year, the college has been asked to prepare for possible budget cuts of 1%, 3%, 5% and 10%. “That’s going to be very steep,” Khosla said. For his core, permanent baseline budget, “anything 3% or more, if it happens, that means it will come at a cost of many, many, many positions. There’s just no other way out.” For any core budget in a complex organization, the majority of funds are tied up in salaries, Khosla said.
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Dr. Amy Henkel talks Monday about the new Inland Imaging Breast Center, which has recently remodeled the building at 799 S. Stevens St. in Spokane to create a comprehensive mammography and diagnostic center. Mammography, MRI, biopsy and other diagnostic tools are in one place for regular screening, accompanied by the tools for further diagnostic purposes. (Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW) Add Spokesman-Review on Google By Mathew Callaghan [email protected](509) 459-5436 Inland Imaging unveiled their new Breast Center to the public at the end of September. The 12,000-square-foot building, at 799 S. Stevens St., is complete with two screening mammography rooms, three diagnostic mammography rooms and dedicated rooms for biopsy, breast MRI and ultrasound. Marian Wilkonski , the director of breast imaging at Inland Imaging, said prior to the opening of the Breast Center, patients often had to bounce from one location to another depending on if they needed a follow-up appointment.
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