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A history-rich franchise

Warren Stephens had a simple explanation for why he named a ballpark along the Arkansas River in North Little Rock for his father Jack Stephens, his...

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A history-rich franchise

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At the Ballpark

Memorial Day has passed, and it's unofficially summer in Arkansas. For me, that means lazy weekday nights and Sunday afternoons watching baseball at...

03.06.2024 10

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At the ballpark

02.06.2024 20

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Conflict at Plumerville

01.06.2024 20

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Bouncing back in Wynne

I walked quickly through the door of the KWYN radio studios in Wynne early on that Good Friday morning several years ago. Bobby Caldwell, an owner of...

30.05.2024 9

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Bouncing back in Wynne

29.05.2024 20

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Hot Springs rebound: After years of deterioration, renovations are happening in the Spa City that will help restore its former glamour

The 10th anniversary of the fire that destroyed much of the Majestic Hotel came and went earlier this year with little notice in Hot Springs. But that...

27.05.2024 20

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The master politicians

Several columns in recent weeks have focused on the long history of colorful politics in Conway County. Two of the most notable politicians to hail...

26.05.2024 10

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A unique education location

26.05.2024 40

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Hot Springs rebound

26.05.2024 30

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The master politicians

25.05.2024 10

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The timber barons

22.05.2024 20

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David Pryor’s Camden

19.05.2024 50

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Back to Africa

17.05.2024 10

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OPINION | REX NELSON: Dumbing us down

13.05.2024 30

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Keeping the Travelers

11.05.2024 60

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Our Agricultural Wheel

08.05.2024 60

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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...

06.05.2024 20

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A starvation diet

05.05.2024 20

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Wild Conway County

04.05.2024 30

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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 20

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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 40

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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 10

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Time to go big

21.04.2024 20

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The McRaes of Prescott

20.04.2024 9

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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 20

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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 50

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Switching from blue to red

07.04.2024 60

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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 20

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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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