‘It’s just about meeting the needs and educational opportunities for all families,” said Education Secretary Jacob Oliva.
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders began April with multiple scheduled events in Fort Smith, from Fort Chaffee to Harvest Time Academy.
Her first stop was to send off 40 members of the state National Guard to support the Texas National Guard at the U.S.-Mexico border from early April until the end of May.
At the send-off, Gov. Sanders discussed the number of illegal border crossings and the amount of fentanyl that’s been seized within the past year.
The soldiers deployed for the mission are primarily out of Benton and Washington counties, and Brigade Commander Tye Parker says about half of the soldiers on this mission have been sent to Texas before.
“Last year, they went, so they’re very experienced. Additionally, a lot of the soldiers that are going are …