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Charles Ambrose knew the situation was dire within days of arriving on the campus of Henderson State University at Arkadelphia in 2021. Ambrose, who...
Today at 3:00 a.m. by Rex Nelson 1 Comment We're in the woods near Hot Springs, and Don Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas System,...
Eric Jackson, who served for three decades as general manager of what's now Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, vividly remembers a trip across Chesapeake...
Today at 3:15 a.m. by Rex Nelson Comments My best days on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s were the slow days. I was Washington...
It's time for those who make public policy in Arkansas to follow the example of billionaire John Tyson and go big. Along with the eclipse, the top...
As towns across rural Arkansas continue to bleed population, the most obvious victims often are the churches. I recently saw an online plea for funds...
I met Eric Jackson in the winter of 1979. I was a college student at the time. I was also sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald at Arkadelphia....
It doesn't matter if one is a Democrat, Republican or independent. If you love Arkansas history and politics as much as I do, the speed with which...
In a letter to the editor back in February, one writer had this to say about me: "I don't resent his commentary about Gov. Sarah Sanders, former...
I've devoted several recent columns to dying towns in the Arkansas Delta and the talented people those towns produced. The most famous folks to escape...
In a March 2018 story for The New York Times, Richard Fausset wrote about the slow death of Cotton Plant. "The town once had four cotton gins, but no...
The New York Times focused on our state last month due to the ongoing disaster known as the Arkansas Legislature. It published a major story about...
Like most counties in rural Arkansas, Dallas County has been bleeding population for decades. In 1930, there were 14,671 residents. By the 2020...
Bald Knob is a surprisingly good place to dine for a town of 2,500 residents. There's the Bulldog, a past inductee into the Arkansas Food Hall of...
During the decade I worked in the governor's office, I looked forward to trips when Marion Burton was flying the plane. Burton, who died in late...