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OPINION | REX NELSON: A starvation diet

Charles Ambrose knew the situation was dire within days of arriving on the campus of Henderson State University at Arkadelphia in 2021. Ambrose, who...

monday 10

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A starvation diet

05.05.2024 10

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Wild Conway County

04.05.2024 20

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Sensing the forest

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,...

02.05.2024 10

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Sensing the forest

01.05.2024 9

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Oaklawn's big gamble

Eric Jackson, who served for three decades as general manager of what's now Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, vividly remembers a trip across Chesapeake...

29.04.2024 20

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Oaklawn’s big gamble

28.04.2024 10

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Oaklawn’s galloping tourist trade

28.04.2024 10

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Gracious in defeat

27.04.2024 20

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Arkansas came first

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...

25.04.2024 20

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Arkansas came first

24.04.2024 60

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Time to go big

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...

22.04.2024 8

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Time to go big

21.04.2024 20

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The McRaes of Prescott

20.04.2024 6

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Presbyterians in Prescott

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...

19.04.2024 8

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Presbyterians in Prescott

17.04.2024 10

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Transforming a party

14.04.2024 7

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The lithium boom

13.04.2024 10

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Eric Jackson's journey

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....

12.04.2024 10

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Switching from blue to red

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...

11.04.2024 10

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Eric Jackson’s journey

10.04.2024 40

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Switching from blue to red

07.04.2024 40

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Achieving its potential

06.04.2024 10

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Hyperpartisan hyperventilates

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...

04.04.2024 10

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Hyperpartisan hyperventilates

03.04.2024 20

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Peetie and Sister Rosetta

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...

31.03.2024 10

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Conway County’s politics

31.03.2024 8

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Out of the shadows

31.03.2024 20

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Peetie and Sister Rosetta

30.03.2024 9

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Cotton Plant luminaries

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...

29.03.2024 9

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Cotton Plant luminaries

27.03.2024 10

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Our legislative dupes

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...

24.03.2024 20

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Cotton Plant blues

24.03.2024 9

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Our legislative dupes

23.03.2024 5

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Princeton in the pines

20.03.2024 10

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Tulip in the spring

17.03.2024 7

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Dallas County day trip

Like most counties in rural Arkansas, Dallas County has been bleeding population for decades. In 1930, there were 14,671 residents. By the 2020...

17.03.2024 5

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Dallas County day trip

16.03.2024 8

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The road to Dalark

13.03.2024 10

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Jamming at the Knob

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...

10.03.2024 9

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My trip to Bountiful

10.03.2024 10

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Jamming at the Knob

09.03.2024 5

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Marion Burton’s dream

06.03.2024 10

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The waterfowlers’ state

03.03.2024 30

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The Arkansas aviator

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...

03.03.2024 5

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The Arkansas aviator

02.03.2024 20

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A tale of two towns

28.02.2024 20

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America’s Amazon

25.02.2024 10

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The leaf munchers

25.02.2024 6

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