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Tom Cotton had me fooled. He had a lot of Arkansans fooled.
Americans are angry about the high cost of fuel and food. They’re also angry about the reckless war with Iran.
After four years of mismanagement by Gov. Sarah Sanders and the Arkansas Legislature, the chickens are about to come home to roost for state...
A longtime friend from my hometown of Arkadelphia texted me early one morning. He was upset. As he scrolled on his cell phone, he came across a list...
What might seem to be little things can sometimes help give you the big picture. There are few better examples than the disastrous first term of Gov....
In a series of recent columns, I outlined the remarkable economic transformation of Mississippi County. Once known by its boosters as the Cotton...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Troy Campbell, founder of the House of Songs and a musician with more than 25 years of entertainment...
With the governor's race tightening and Gov. Sarah Sanders making every political mistake in the book, it seems like a good time to revisit the...
With polls showing the 2026 Arkansas governor's race tightening, this is a good time to review the 1980 race for governor. Gov. Sarah Sanders' first...
In the 1950 census, Mississippi County had 82,375 residents. It was among Arkansas' largest, most prosperous counties. Local boosters called it the...
The initial idea in Mississippi County was to create an exhibit featuring the history of what had once been Blytheville Air Force Base. That exhibit...
Those of us in the media have become so accustomed to good economic news coming out of northwest Arkansas that we underplay stories of significance...
I vividly recall the night of the Democratic primary in 1980. I was a student at Ouachita Baptist University while also working as news and sports...
Nov. 6 will be a big day in Mississippi County. Once the state's cotton capital, Mississippi County has been in the news a lot in recent years. It's...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the Senior Center Manager for the Little Rock Audubon Center, Uta Meyer and Little Rock Sustainability...
I'm having dinner at Wilson Cafe, one of the finest restaurants in the state even though it's in a northeast Arkansas town of fewer than 1,000...
The crew for the television series "TrueSouth" is trying to figure out what makes the Grand Prairie of Arkansas unique. I tell them the best place to...
The amazing transformation of Mississippi County continues. It's already the top steel-producing county in the country, and there are more mills on...
Jeff Kmiec and Tom Smith were at Staple, the ornate bar inside The Louis boutique hotel in Wilson, when they began visiting with a guest. They didn't...
I can't remember the first time I met John T. Edge. I do remember that I had heard about an organization at Ole Miss called the Southern Foodways...
During his nine years as general manager of the Arkansas Travelers, former big league player Carl Sawatski maintained a close relationship with the...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Maria Craig, chair of the Keep Little Rock Beautiful nonprofit, and Little Rock Sustainability Officer...
Legendary Arkansas Gazette sportswriter Jim Bailey once had this to say about Ray Winder of the Arkansas Travelers: "Most of his teams lost big on the...
Legendary Arkansas environmentalist Joe Nix died last month at age 86. In thinking about Nix's life, I realized how fortunate I was to grow up where I...
I drive down Interstate 630 in Little Rock on a daily basis and never fail to look over at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' parking...
When Diamond Baseball Holdings purchased the Arkansas Travelers in May 2024 from the team's local shareholders, one of the things DBH officials liked...
The Arkansas Travelers will play their final home game of the 2026 season today at Dickey-Stephens Park. Those of us who follow Travelers baseball...
Earlier this year, LinkedIn included Little Rock on its list of the 25 fastest-growing U.S. metros for jobs and new talent. As you might imagine,...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State...
The Little Rock Regional Chamber recently announced that the metropolitan area has set a record for the total number of employed residents. According...
During a pregame ceremony at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock on Saturday, the Arkansas Travelers will retire jersey No. 6 in honor of...
I enjoy attending Arkansas Travelers baseball games in these waning days of summer. I realize I'm one of the few.
In October 2024, the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved the University of Arkansas at Monticello's first doctoral offering. It's...
I'm having lunch at the Arkansas classic known as Ray's in Monticello with Hud Jackson, former head football coach at the University of Arkansas at...
Peggy Doss is the first graduate of the University of Arkansas at Monticello to serve as the school's chancellor. Not only a UAM graduate, she's a...
Like so many small communities across rural Arkansas, Wilmar in Drew County is dying. In 1920, however, it was thriving with a population of 1,034...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with the President of Hendrix College in Conway, Dr. Karen Petersen, about the shift in higher education...
Monticello long has been a center of education for the southeast quadrant of the state. Some past residents even promoted it as the Athens of...
In south Arkansas, the timber industry remains king, though that sector of the economy has fallen on hard times in recent years. During the next...
Monticello was known as a center for education in south Arkansas long before what's now the University of Arkansas at Monticello held its first...
From the 1880s through the 1920s, there was a period of Arkansas history known as the Big Cut. Out-of-state investors came to Arkansas to harvest the...
In south Arkansas, the timber industry remains king, though that sector of the economy has fallen on hard times in recent years. During the next...
By the 1830s, American settlers had established a community deep in the pine woods of south Arkansas known as Rough and Ready. That community was near...
I'm in Monticello for a conference when I decide to make the short drive south through the pine forests to Crossett. That's because Crossett is home...
In this week’s episode, Rex Nelson talks with Luminark Global’s co-founder, Mike Steely, about the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and how it...
Yale University seems like an unlikely place for one of the nation's top forestry schools. But the congressman for Arkansas' 4th District, U.S. Rep....
In a 1987 issue of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Ellen Compton wrote about the Bradley County seat of Warren.
What's now Ashley County was formed from parts of Chicot, Drew and Union counties in November 1848. It was Arkansas' 53rd county and is the...
Edward Savage Crossett became known as one of the top Southern lumbermen, but he wasn't raised in the South. He was born in February 1828 in West...
I slow down during the short drive from Monticello to Warren in order to watch construction taking place on Weyerhaeuser Co.'s new facility. The...
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