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Arkansas Postcard Past: Cotter, circa 1955

Arkansas Postcard Past: Cotter, circa 1955

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Cotter, circa 1955: The Commercial Hotel opened around 1903 in what was then a busy railroad hub in Baxter County on the banks of the White River. In its early...

UA Little Rock Expands Extended Education with Three New AI Courses to Equip Arkansas Workforce for Tomorrow

UA Little Rock Expands Extended Education with Three New AI Courses to Equip Arkansas Workforce for Tomorrow

Angelita Faller | August 26, 2025 Marla Johnson The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is launching three innovative courses in its Extended Education program, designed to prepare Arkansas’s workforce for the future with practical skills in...

Robin Miller: Fostering Forever Clients

Robin Miller: Fostering Forever Clients

After nearly four decades in the real estate industry, Robin Miller knows the ins and outs of a transaction and has a knack for fostering “forever clients.” As CEO, owner and principal broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Little Rock,...

UA Little Rock Business Students Explore Global Supply Chains and Culture in Argentina

UA Little Rock Business Students Explore Global Supply Chains and Culture in Argentina

Angelita Faller | August 26, 2025 UA Little Rock students and professors traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, this summer to explore international business practices and Argentinian culture. Ten UA Little Rock students traveled to Buenos Aires,...

OPINION: Arkansas families deserve real drug savings—A new federal ruling is a blessing in disguise

OPINION: Arkansas families deserve real drug savings—A new federal ruling is a blessing in disguise

Julia Pierce, committee chair for the Dallas County Republican Party. | Provided Julia Pierce, committee chair for the Dallas County Republican Party. | Provided In Arkansas, families struggle daily with the high cost of prescription medications....

Record travel expected across Arkansas, nation for Labor Day weekend

Record travel expected across Arkansas, nation for Labor Day weekend

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. A record number of travelers are expected on roads and at airports this Labor Day weekend, with Friday expected to be the busiest travel day nationwide. Flights,...

Diamond Baseball seeks long-term deal to keep Arkansas Travelers in North Little Rock

Diamond Baseball seeks long-term deal to keep Arkansas Travelers in North Little Rock

The owners of the Arkansas Travelers went before the North Little Rock City Council on Monday. Here's what was discussed. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dickey-Stephens ballpark is alive and well this baseball season. Of course, that park is home to...

‘Nobody 2’ Filming Locations Cleverly Disguise Manitoba, Canada As Arkansas

‘Nobody 2’ Filming Locations Cleverly Disguise Manitoba, Canada As Arkansas

When “Nobody” premiered in 2021, audiences were surprised how Bob Odenkirk (best known as Saul Goodman from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul”) confidently reinvented himself as an action star. The movie struck a perfect balance of humor,...

How construction on I-70 will affect your Mizzou game day travel

How construction on I-70 will affect your Mizzou game day travel

With the kickoff of Mizzou football just a day away, thousands are expected to travel to Columbia for Thursday night's game against Central Arkansas. This increase in visitors is likely to result in increased traffic across mid-Missouri. Traffic...

️ Detour To A Culture War: Chicken, Dumplings And Food For Thought At Cracker Barrel

️ Detour To A Culture War: Chicken, Dumplings And Food For Thought At Cracker Barrel

Welcome back, Uncle Herschel (who was a real person). So where does that leave us? A familiar place, actually, with more flashpoints in the culture wars inevitable. See past controversies involving Target (woke and post-woke versions). And...

Where were the cheapest places to fill up on diesel in cities in Arkansas County in week ending Aug. 23?

Where were the cheapest places to fill up on diesel in cities in Arkansas County in week ending Aug. 23?

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Arkansas County selling...

Ready to Pick! Muscadine Grapes Are Ripe at This Arkansas Farm

Ready to Pick! Muscadine Grapes Are Ripe at This Arkansas Farm

Do you like muscadine grapes? It's time to head to Muscadine Farm in Hot Springs, Arkansas, this Labor Day weekend, because the grapes are ripe and ready to pick. Muscadine Grapes: Oldest Cultivated Grape in the USA Ready to Pick According to Fun...

Jessieville sweeps Dover, Pottsville on the links; Lakeside falls to Central

Jessieville sweeps Dover, Pottsville on the links; Lakeside falls to Central

Jessieville traveled to Russellville Country Club on Wednesday to play against Dover and Pottsville. The girls were victorious as a team with a score of 159 to top Dover (162). The boys also won, with a team score of 114, topping Pottsville (116)...

Busy travel weekend expected as Northwest Arkansas residents chase the last of the summer sun

Busy travel weekend expected as Northwest Arkansas residents chase the last of the summer sun

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. A record number of travelers are expected on roads and at airports this Labor Day weekend, with Friday expected to be the busiest travel day nationwide. Flights,...

Haag Brown adds new agent with Jonesboro ties to Northwest Arkansas team

Haag Brown adds new agent with Jonesboro ties to Northwest Arkansas team

Bentonville, AR – (Contributed) – Aug. 27, 2025 – Haag Brown Commercial announced Dawson Wagner joined its brokerage team in Northwest Arkansas as its newest agent. A Jonesboro High School graduate and University of Arkansas alum, Wagner brings a...

A-State cross country to begin 2025 campaign at Memphis Twilight

A-State cross country to begin 2025 campaign at Memphis Twilight

Arkansas State cross country opens the 2025 campaign on Saturday, Aug. 30, in the City Auto Memphis Twilight Classic hosted by Christian Brothers University. By Davey Stinchcomb Arkansas State Athletics, contributedAugust 29, 2025 2:31 pm...

Michigan State basketball to host Arkansas, John Calipari at Breslin Center this fall

Michigan State basketball to host Arkansas, John Calipari at Breslin Center this fall

Add another marquee opponent to Michigan State basketball’s schedule for 2025-26. And another Hall of Fame coach on the bench opposite Tom Izzo. The Spartans announced they will host Arkansas for a nonconference game Saturday, Nov. 8, at Breslin...

Former scoutmaster who raped Arkansas boy scouts dies in prison at 75

Former scoutmaster who raped Arkansas boy scouts dies in prison at 75

A former scoutmaster who pleaded guilty to raping Arkansas boy scouts has died in prison, according to a report from KATV, the ABC affiliate in Little Rock.Charles "Jack" Walls died from natural causes on Aug. 23. He pleaded guilty to six counts...

New Game and Fish initiative angles to grow Arkansas fishing tourism

New Game and Fish initiative angles to grow Arkansas fishing tourism

When the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) dedicated its $16 million renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke in mid-July, officials launched a program that could cast sport fishing in The Natural State...

Little Rock Nine members honored ahead of Arkansas Travelers game

Little Rock Nine members honored ahead of Arkansas Travelers game

Two members of the Little Rock Nine were honored ahead of the Arkansas Travelers game that was held on Saturday night. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Saturday, two of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine were honored at the Arkansas...

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