Employment and career training at Warren Branch Library

The Southeast Arkansas Regional Library in conjunction with instructors, Cathy Edmonds & Nelwyn Birch, will conduct an employment & career training class. This course will provide job & occupation assistance for those living within the counties of Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, and Lincoln. The course will include career assessment, application procedures, resume building, and the…

Help the Library help those in need during the summer months

“Our community was so helpful with the Backpack Blessing Program in December,” says the Warren Branch Library. With the hot summer months approaching, Warren Branch Library will be doing another backpack giveaway for our local friends experiencing homelessness. While the library is able to provide many of the needed items through generous contributions from our…

The Southeast Arkansas Regional Library announces an Employment & Career Training course beginning in May

MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $2,660,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to the Arkansas State Library (ASL); $2.4 million of the funds were set aside for direct aid to public libraries. The Southeast Arkansas Regional Library in conjunction with instructors, Cathy Edmonds & Nelwyn Birch, will…

Ministerial Alliance and Library hosting Community forum on how to help homeless population

WARREN, Ark. – The Bradley County Ministerial Alliance and the Warren Branch Library are hosting a Community Conversation forum March 8, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at First FreeWill Baptist Church in Warren to discuss the needs of the homeless locally. Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments and door prizes will be available.…

Arkansas State Library announces grant to Southeast Arkansas Regional Library as part of American Rescue Plan Act funding by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Arkansas State Library announces grant to Southeast Arkansas Regional Library as part of American Rescue Plan Act funding by the Institute of Museum and Library Services

MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $2,660,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to the Arkansas State Library (ASL); $2.4 million of the funds were set aside for direct aid to public libraries. This round of IMLS funding gives the country’s libraries an opportunity to improve technology access…

Dawkins and Robinson announced as January Library winners, plus January memorials announced

For the month of January, Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had 1 participant, Jase Dawkins, who read a total of 8 books. He was January’s prize winner. Way to go Jase! Any books read for the month of February by students in grades K-8th can participate in this program. No registration required. Simply…

Central Missionary Baptist Church makes donation to Library Blessing Box

Central Missionary Baptist Church makes donation to Library Blessing Box

Central Missionary Baptist Church of Warren recently donated a number of items to the Warren Branch Library Blessing Box located on Cypress Street. Items donated included non-perishable food items that will be made available to anyone in need for free in the blessing box. Picture from left to right is Central Church member Rob Reep,…

Warren man published in State Library Magazine

Special to the Saline River Chronicle Fayetteville, Arkansas – The most recent issue of Arkansas Libraries, the official magazine of the Arkansas Library Association, has published a story by Maylon Rice, a Warren native, who is a Trustee Emeritus of the Fayetteville Public Library. Rice’s story appearing in the Fall/Winter issue of Arkansas Libraries is…