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Entergy unveils bridge lighting plan
I mentioned this earlier, but am repeating information here to display a couple of concept illustrations of how the Junction and Clinton Library pedestrian bridges are expected to look after an...
View ArticleFormer Justice Bob Brown to associate with Friday firm
Talk Business reports that retired Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown is taking an "of counsel" role with the powerful Friday Law Firm.“It is a great opportunity for me to be Of Counsel with...
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Download Adam Faucett's 'The Way You See It' to benefit Global Kids Arkansas
You might recall a few weeks back, the Timescaught up with Chane Morrow, known to most everybody as Big Piph, about his upcoming fundraiser to help establish the Global Kids program in Arkansas. Piph...
View ArticleNow the legislature cuts up the swag
If no detours develop, the Arkansas legislature should finish tomorrow and go home.Today and tomorrow will be primarily devoted to passage of the revenue stabilization act, which guides overall state...
View Article8th Circuit upholds Chevie Keho's 1996 murder conviction
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis today upheld the 1996 murder conviction of white supremacist Chevie Kehoe. He'd argued he had ineffective counsel because his attorneys use 30...
View ArticleInternet sales tax nears Senate vote
Here's a good primer from the Washington Post Wonkblog on the legislation to make online merchants collect local sales taxes on purchases. Many are involved, but Walmart is pushing it to level the...
View ArticleQuestion raised on oil in Lake Conway
The Sierra Club has distributed a news release that says new information indicates oil of the type spilled in the ExxonMobil pipeline break in Mayflower has been found in Lake Conway. So far, Exxon has...
View ArticleState Police: No criminal probe in social media comments
A slow weekend was enlivened by 1) Benton County Republican Chris Nogy's advocacy, in a letter posted on Facebook, of using guns to make a point with legislators who voted for Obamacare and 2) a...
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Black Flag to Fayetteville!
Well this is certainly the weirdest thing I've seen all day. I mean, I'd heard about the reunion, or rather, the reunions. I knew Greg Ginn was back with Ron Reyes and was calling it Black Flag and was...
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Wednesday night line
Sorry, folks. I've been working on a project and away from blogging duties. Finishing up:* ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER: Doug Thompson of the Northwest Arkansas newspapers says Rep. Duncan Baird is...
View ArticleThe story of Hillcrest Artisan Meats
The latest in our regular food series — a collaboration between the Times and Camp Friday Films— takes on an Eat Arkansas favorite,Hillcrest Artisan Meats (H.A.M.). Check it out.[ Subscribe to the...
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Arkansas profiles in courage
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View ArticleLight in April
Last weekend during the Arkansas Literary Festival, The Observer served as emcee for the Arkansas Times'"Pub or Perish" readings event once again, our 10th year. Yours Truly was looking back at some...
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J. Roddy Walston & the Business at Stickyz
Also, 'American Idiot' at Walton Arts, 'Rodeo in the Rock' at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Jenna Jameson's 39th Birthday Bash at Juanita's, The 3rd Annual Indie Arts & Music Festival at the...
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Dumb Bell, etc.
Arkansans put feet in mouth, then fire. by Leslie Newell PeacockEarly last Friday morning, as the people of Boston mourned their dead and tended those maimed in the terrorist attack on their city,...
View ArticleAgainst all odds, Obamacare prevailed in Arkansas
So backward-looking was the Arkansas legislature all winter that you wanted to search the rest of the paper every day for the latest news on the hookworm epidemic and yesterday's lynchings, but then...
View ArticleIt was a good week for the end
It was also a good week for Sen. Jonathan Dismang, bridge lights, Planned Parenthood and a campaign kick-off. It was a bad week for Sen. Mark Pryor and Arkansas.It was a good week for ...THE END. The...
View ArticleAn evening with John Legend in Fayetteville
Also, Chelsea Clinton and Ballet Arkansas.THURSDAY 4/25Electro-pop fans, don't miss buzzed-over L.A. outfit Mansions on the Moon, playing an 18-and-older show at Stickyz with Carousel, 9 p.m., $10....
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The Rep takes on 'Death of a Salesman'
It opens April 26. by Robert BellFew other American plays carry the sort of weight and reputation that Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" does. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony...
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Mash-up
'Oblivion' steals, successfully, from sci-fi greats. by Sam EiflingIriana's Pizza, the eatery one story beneath the Arkansas Times offices, serves a pie called the "sweep the floor," a...
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