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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has recognized Dr. Julien Mirivel, Dr. Lindsay Ruhr, Theresa Beiner, Morgan Leyenberger, and John Cook as the recipients of the 2025 Faculty Excellence Awards, the university’s highest honor for faculty achievement.
It’s a pretty easy five-hour drive from Little Rock to Nashville, if you don’t have too many of those rude 18-wheelers slowing you down in the left lane.
Molly McNulty has been named the director of development and external relations at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has named Theresa Beiner, John Cook, Beth Levi, Alicia Mitchell, and Rob Steinbuch as the winners of the 2025 Faculty Excellence Awards.
Members of the Faulkner County Board of Realtors gathered on March 13 to recognize achievements from 2024, at the “Awards and Milestones” event, which is held annually to showcase sales levels attained by agents of the FCBOR.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock recognized four distinguished graduates and one honorary alumnus for their professional accomplishments and contributions to the community during the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony on Feb. 26 at the Clinton Presidential Center.
A significant milestone was announced recently by Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) as they surpassed a half a billion dollars in grants to nonprofits since their inception in 1976.
The 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Arkansas took place at the Racquet Club on February 22.
One of Little Rock’s most serene settings sits on a four-square block just on the north edge of downtown, between 11th and 13th streets and from Broadway to Gaines, just as it has for the last 181 years.
Whether it’s black-and-white photos of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine or Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of New Orleans schoolgirl Ruby Bridges, images of school desegregation often make it seem as though it was an issue for Black children primarily in the South.

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While driving down Hwy. 9, I ran up on this old church.
Natural State Snapshots
I love visiting old cemeteries. The messages on the headstones are so beautifully written and the time-worn, moss-covered Angels and other sculptures are extraordinary pieces of artwork.
Natural State Snapshots
Heifer International is a nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development.
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Boxley Valley is full of vintage farms. I photographed this one as the fall colors were setting in.
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While exploring rural Arkansas early one morning, I ran upon Saint Paul’s Church in Pickens Township, Dumas.

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UA Little Rock honors 2025 Faculty Excellence Award winners

April 21-27, 2025

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has recognized Dr. Julien Mirivel, Dr. Lindsay Ruhr, Theresa Beiner, Morgan Leyenberger, and John Cook as the recipients of the 2025 Faculty Excellence Awards, the university’s highest honor for faculty achievement.

A century of the Grand Ole Opry

April 14-20, 2025

It’s a pretty easy five-hour drive from Little Rock to Nashville, if you don’t have too many of those rude 18-wheelers slowing you down in the left lane.

April 21-27, 2025

U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections

The U.S. Department of Education said Monday that it will resume collections May 5 for defaulted federal student loans.

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April 21-27, 2025

U.S. Education Department to restart defaulted student loan collections