Feds tab Missouri-Arkansas region to “promote and conserve the economic, recreational, and natural values of healthy river systems from source to outlet and across watersheds.” http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1930470.html
MONTICELLO — First let me state my conflict of interest: my wife runs Faunahope, so I have a vested interest in both keeping her happy and helping her place animals. Yet I repeat: my wife runs Faunahope, which means she’s invested to the point that she requires a site visit to insure the animal will…
MONTICELLO, Ark. — As promised, a flashback to last weekend when a group of Arkansans mobilized in Pine Bluff, Ark., to defend the honor of a U.S. soldier whose funeral was targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. Thanks to Aaron Etue of Flip Out Photography, we can show you the scene. First a little background…
An Arkansas high school teacher’s facebook page to “Preserve the Honor of Fallen Pine Bluff Soldier” plans to buffer funeral participants from a Westboro Baptist Church protest Saturday afternoon at Pine Bluff’s St. Joseph Catholic Church. John Allison, a 44-year-old former Marine who teaches math at Vilonia High School, started the page Friday afternoon; by midnight, 62…
Movement the First: To Protest or Not It started with a spark. A Canadian spark no less, when the Adbusters Media Foundation came up with an idea to Occupy Wall Street. That spark started the occupation in Liberty Plaza Park Sept. 17, America’s Constitution Day. At first, few paid attention. But the movement gathered steam…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — This morning we will rise early to participate in a march for Arkansas’ water. Why? The easy answer: once they’ve messed up air, food or water, it cannot be fixed. As an Arkansan, I’ve been blessed with an incredible natural water supply. I thought everyone would get pure water in the…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — I found it funny (and not in a ha-ha way) that someone actually had to ponder whether to tell me Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. I think the second title might give the holidaze too much credit. How happy can one feel to wait in line for a checker when…
UAM PRESENTS 2008 ELECTION ISSUES FORUM MONTICELLO, Ark. – You’ve heard the candidates, now it’s time to also consider the issues. Attend the 2008 Election Issues Forum at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the University Center Green Room on Tueday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Brought to you in part by the UAM…
Editor’s Note: Due to the dwindling quality of online news coverage that makes it easy for readers to scan and find out about upcoming events, we are launching this new feature for football season 2006. Each Friday, we will carry a column from a legendary Southern sports writer who wishes to write under a pen…