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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 18h

Central Arkansas singer-songwriter Adam Faucett, whose new album came out Sept. 19, is fall weather music — like the Zombies or Neko Case or the Sadies or “Led Zeppelin III.” Once the dead leaves start swirling around, it’s an especially good time for his brand of haunted songcraft.

Don’t fear the reaper: Adam Faucett talks his new album, touring and the ‘Ouachita Witch’ - Arkansas Times

Central Arkansas singer-songwriter Adam Faucett, whose new album came out Sept. 19, is fall weather music — like the Zombies or Neko Case or the Sadies or “Led Zeppelin III.” Once the dead leaves star...

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 18h

Gov. Sanders has scheduled the special election to replace Rep. Carlton Wing (R-NLR) for June 9, 252 days after the vacancy occurred, despite a state law requiring teh election within 150 days.

Governor again ignores state law, schedules special election for House vacancy 100 days past deadline - Arkansas Times

The special election to fill Rep. Carlton Wing's seat in the state House of Representatives will take place on June 9, 2026.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone Asked About You — a late ’90s tweemo group from Little Rock that lay dormant for more than two decades, despite developing something of a cult status — returns to Little Rock for the first time since reuniting in late 2022.

Everyone Asked About You at Vino's on Thursday - Arkansas Times

Everyone Asked About You — a late ’90s tweemo group from Little Rock that lay dormant for more than two decades, despite developing something of a cult status — returns to Little Rock for the first ti...

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 22h

Purchased earlier this year, temporarily closed, lightly renovated and reopened in August by the Barnaby Group, something about the new Town Pump feels slightly off. It feels less like the actual Town Pump and more like a restaurant going as the Town Pump for Halloween.

Town Pump 2.0: Can a dive bar survive corporate acquisition? - Arkansas Times

Purchased earlier this year, temporarily closed, lightly renovated and reopened in August by the Barnaby Group, something about the new Town Pump feels slightly off. It feels less like the actual Town...

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

Arkansas's apex predators are showing out lately. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Mountain lion killed by vehicle in Hot Spring County - Arkansas Times

The death of a mountain lion is another bizarre incident to top off the last six weeks, which have seen two fatal bear attacks in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

Along with the constitutional issues raised by firing public employees over comments about Charlie Kirk, these actions can also have a chilling effect on other people's freedom to exercise their rights.

The chilling effect of firing public employees who didn’t love Charlie Kirk - Arkansas Times

Even when public employees are ultimately successful in challenging a suspension or termination, those terminations and suspension can have outsized impacts on others' freedom of speech.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

The Pine Bluff Police Department reiterated Thursday morning to the Arkansas Times that the death of 37-year-old Demetrice Moore in the Dollarway neighborhood of Pine Bluff was a result of suicide, not foul play or a racially-motivated lynching.

Pine Bluff PD shut down social media rumors of foul play in Black man’s death - Arkansas Times

The Pine Bluff Police Department reiterated Thursday morning to the Arkansas Times that the death of 37-year-old Demetrice Moore in the Dollarway neighborhood of Pine Bluff was a result of suicide,…

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Jones, the Democrat who ran against Gov. Sarah Sanders in 2022, is hosting a block party and town hall discussion this evening, the first event of his campaign to unseat US Rep. French Hill in 2026. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Chris Jones to hold first event of campaign for Congress this evening - Arkansas Times

Jones will host a town hall discussion on ongoing community and federal issues preceded by a block party tonight at Little Rock's Dreamland Ballroom.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

Little Rock's Moody Brews will start slinging wagyu beef sandwiches in limited quantities on Fridays. arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

Wagyu beef dip sandwiches coming to Moody Brews - Arkansas Times

Dubbed "The Beef," the sandwich will only be available on Fridays starting at noon in limited quantities.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you think of Central Arkansas Pride as more of a celebration or a protest, you’ll likely be pleased by the 2025 relocation of the festival and parade, which has been transported from Argenta Plaza to Capitol Ave, just blocks away from the headquarters of the state’s most powerful lawmakers.

Central Arkansas Pride heads to Capitol Ave. on Oct. 18 - Arkansas Times

Whether you think of Central Arkansas Pride as more of a celebration or a protest, you’ll likely be pleased by the 2025 relocation of the festival and parade, which has been transported from Argenta P...

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

The Seventh Street venue had been quiet since December.
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Little Rock's Studio Theatre announces closure - Arkansas Times

The group had been staging shows in Central Arkansas since 2014.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

St. Joseph Center will be holding a reunion event on Saturday to united anyone who has been involved with the property over its decades of service to the Central Arkansas community.

St. Joseph Center to host orphanage reunion event this Saturday - Arkansas Times

The reunion aims to unite anyone who has been involved with the St. Joseph property throughout its many different iterations before the fire-damaged building is torn down.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

The USDA is canceling a survey that hunger groups use to understand — and respond to — food insecurity across the country. Arkansas currently ranks worst in the country for food insecurity, nearly 7 percentage points higher than the U.S. average.

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US Department of Agriculture cuts 30-year survey of food insecurity - Arkansas Times

Arkansas currently ranks worst in the country for food insecurity. Between 2021 and 2023, an average of 18.9% of Arkansas households were food insecure, nearly 7 percentage points higher than the…

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

Reports of yet another bear attack over the weekend are greatly exaggerated, state officials say. "They saw a bear, the bear didn’t touch them and didn’t attack them."

This follows two recent fatal bear attacks in the Ark. Ozarks; such attacks are extremely rare.)

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Reports of third bear attack in Arkansas aren’t accurate, Game and Fish says - Arkansas Times

Two backpackers did indeed encounter a bear, but the “bear didn’t touch them and didn’t attack them,” a Game and Fish spokesman said.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3d

We rounded up all of the contested races in Arkansas's U.S. Congressional, state constitutional, and state legislative races for 2026 and wrote a little blurb about each. This will be updated if additional candidates emerge, too.

The race is (almost) on: A look at 2026 federal, constitutional and legislative elections - Arkansas Times

One-stop shopping for info on all of the contested U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state constitutional and state legislative races in 2026.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3d

Ward 5 City Director Lance Hines will sponsor a resolution calling on Ward 2 Director Ken Richardson to resign from the Little Rock Board of Directors. Mayor Frank Scott Jr. promised to veto it. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Little Rock city board to vote on calling for absent director’s resignation - Arkansas Times

Ward 5 City Director Lance Hines will sponsor a resolution calling on Ward 2 Director Ken Richardson to resign from the Little Rock Board of Directors.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3d

The work of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch is surreal and harrowing and wildly detailed, often depicting religious doomsday symbolism with imagery that resembles a medieval acid trip.

'The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch' screens Saturday at Ron Robinson Theater - Arkansas Times

The work of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch is surreal and harrowing and wildly detailed, often depicting religious doomsday symbolism with imagery that resembles a medieval acid trip.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, Them magazine reported that transgender icon and unlikely Little Rock resident Miss Major Griffin-Gracy had been hospitalized with sepsis and a blood clot. On Saturday, her partner shared on Facebook that Miss Major is “at home on hospice. She is comfortable and surrounded by love.”

Trans activist Miss Major is in hospice care - Arkansas Times

Last week, Them magazine reported that transgender icon and unlikely Little Rock resident Miss Major Griffin-Gracy had been hospitalized with sepsis and a blood clot. On Saturday, her partner shared o...

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3d

Federal aid favors big farms, but even the biggest operations in Arkansas are in danger of failing.

Dirt rich, cash poor: As economic pressures mount, some Delta farmers hoe their last row - Arkansas Times

Federal aid favors big farms, but even the biggest operations in Arkansas are in danger of failing.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

One thing that was noticeable about the speakers Thursday was the difference in how harrowing the stories were between the Black and white women.

Maternal storytelling event highlights the struggles faced by Arkansas mothers and their children - Arkansas Times

One thing that was noticeable about the speakers Thursday was the difference in how harrowing the stories were between the Black and white women.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

Gov. Sarah Sanders wants to hold the special election to fill Sen. Stubblefield's seat in June, 130 days after the legal deadline. Now she and Sec. of State Cole Jester have been sued over that decision.

Franklin Co. farmer sues Gov. Sanders over delay of state Senate special election - Arkansas Times

Gov. Sanders scheduled a special election for 130 days after the legal deadline. Now a Franklin County resident is suing to have the election sooner.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

Daniel “Boxcar” Logan, a beloved member of the Little Rock music scene who has stage 4 liver and colon cancer, needs our help.

Benefit concert for Daniel 'Boxcar' Logan at Spectators on Thursday - Arkansas Times

Daniel “Boxcar” Logan, a beloved member of the Little Rock music scene who has stage 4 liver and colon cancer, needs our help.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

Every special election to fill a legislative vacancy since 2011 has occurred within 189 days of the opening. Sarah Sanders scheduled the special election to replace Sen. Gary Stubblefield 427 days out, then revised it back to a "mere" 280, 130 days beyond the legal deadline.

Sanders’ date for special election to fill Senate seat is historical outlier - Arkansas Times

The governor's June 9 special election in District 26 is 130 days past the legal deadline, and nearly 100 days later than any special legislative election since 2011.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

A bear that authorities believe to be responsible for the recent death of a 60-year-old Missouri man who’d been camping in Newton County has been killed.

Bear likely responsible for fatal attack in Newton County has been killed - Arkansas Times

A bear that authorities believe to be responsible for the recent death of a 60-year-old Missouri man who’d been camping in Newton County has been killed.

Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 4d

The last of the year’s four seasonal block parties thrown by the Argenta District is upon us, and with any luck, we’ll be favored by the whims and fancies of the Arkansas climate gods with some prime-ass jacket weather.

The last Argenta Dogtown Throwdown of 2025 is this weekend - Arkansas Times

The last of the year’s four seasonal block parties thrown by the Argenta District is upon us, and with any luck, we’ll be favored by the whims and fancies of the Arkansas climate gods with some prime-...