About 50 Texarkana, Ark., residents were educated on environmental contamination this week as part of a federal grant application.

The city is applying for two Brownfield grants from the Environmental Protection Agency, one to evaluate and one to clean up ground contamination in downtown Texarkana.

Remainders of an active rail yard and abandoned businesses attribute to the contamination.

Two dozen seniors participated in a presentation Wednesday by Gary Miller, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center-Southwest’s community out...

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