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Each May, thousands of Arkansans, both young and old, make their way across a stage to celebrate a major achievement in life – college graduation.
As the traditional start of the nation’s summer vacation season is expected to kick off on the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with a post-pandemic boost in travel, gas prices are slowly ratcheting back up to near record levels due to $100-plus barrel crude oil.
In a move that caught state housing advocates off guard, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said last month he is sending back millions of dollars in unused COVID-19 rental assistance to the federal government as the state’s employment levels and economic fortunes return to pre-pandemic norms.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has chosen Joshua Silverstein, Noureen Siraj, and John Kirk as the 2022 winners of the Faculty Excellence Awards. This is the highest honor UA Little Rock awards its faculty members.
Although the Arkansas and U.S. jobless rates have declined to an all time low levels in the first two months of 2022, there are still a large swath of workers who are quitting their jobs or not returning to the workforce more than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Only three months after he took office in 2015, Gov. Asa Hutchinson made what he considers one of his most important early administration hires when he convinced a young Floridian to be his chief job recruiter.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) has joined an inaugural network of academic partners across the country to work with the U.S. Cyber Command, one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), to provide research, educational, and partnership opportunities in the field of cybersecurity.
Arkansas Chief Justice Dan Kemp and members of the state Supreme Court on Feb. 25 held an informal topping out ceremony for the expansion of the Justice building complex on the north side of the State Capitol.
In every sense of the word, James Sullivan is an unqualified American success story.

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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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GRADUATION DAY UA Little Rock students prepare for post-pandemic future

May 16-22, 2022

Each May, thousands of Arkansans, both young and old, make their way across a stage to celebrate a major achievement in life – college graduation.

Pent-up Demand Post-Pandemic restlessness seen boosting Arkansas travelers’ vacation plans

May 9-15, 2022

As the traditional start of the nation’s summer vacation season is expected to kick off on the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with a post-pandemic boost in travel, gas prices are slowly ratcheting back up to near record levels due to $100-plus barrel crude oil.

May 16-22, 2022

GRADUATION DAY UA Little Rock students prepare for post-pandemic future

Each May, thousands of Arkansans, both young and old, make their way across a stage to celebrate a major achievement in life – college graduation.

Anxious college students enter uncertain post-pandemic workforce asking more from employers after two-year isolation

As pandemic-stricken college students from the Class of 2022 enter a reconfigured Arkansas and U.S. workforce, graduates anxiously say they are hopeful about the future but are asking more from future employers after two years of remote learning and isolation.

Arkansas State University trustees OK restructuring plan for Henderson State

After acknowledging a lengthy list of past budgetary failures and “a university that’s literally on the brink of closing its doors,” the Arkansas State University (ASU) System Board of Trustees on May 5 moved forward with a reorganization plan for Henderson State University in Arkadelphia that will provide over $5.3 million in savings over the next two years.

Local investment banker joins Centennial Campaign Cabinet

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced that Ben Bailey has joined the campaign board as the newest member of the Centennial

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May 16-22, 2022

GRADUATION DAY UA Little Rock students prepare for post-pandemic future

Anxious college students enter uncertain post-pandemic workforce asking more from employers after two-year isolation

Arkansas State University trustees OK restructuring plan for Henderson State

Local investment banker joins Centennial Campaign Cabinet