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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3h

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3h

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…

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 3h

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.

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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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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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.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 2d

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-...

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 5d

The lucrative sale is one of those Antiques Roadshow-style windfalls, considering the palm-sized, hand-whittled contraption last sold for a dollar at a Texas garage sale. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

The late Pop Pickle's pristine duck call fetches a cool $16K - Arkansas Times

The lucrative sale is one of those Antiques Roadshow-style windfalls, considering the palm-sized, hand-whittled contraption last sold for a dollar at a Texas garage sale.

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The newly renovated CALS Main Library has technically been open for business since Monday, but Saturday promises the grand opening festivities that’ll make it feel real.

CALS Main Library celebrates grand reopening Saturday - Arkansas Times

The newly renovated CALS Main Library has technically been open for business since Monday, but Saturday promises the grand opening festivities that'll make it feel real.

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Just a month after a Franklin County man was fatally attacked by a black bear, investigators say they suspect the recent death of a Springfield, Missouri, man who’d been camping in Newton County was also the result of a bear attack.

Arkansas logs what looks like second fatal bear attack in a month - Arkansas Times

Just a month after a Franklin County man was fatally attacked by a black bear, investigators say they suspect the recent death of a Springfield, Missouri, man who’d been camping in Newton County was a...

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“Black education in Jonesboro was never given — it was won, built brick by brick through sacrifice and organizing.”

Black students and locals fought for equity for decades in Jonesboro Public Schools, according to history professor - Arkansas Times

“Black education in Jonesboro was never given — it was won, built brick by brick through sacrifice and organizing.”

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 6d

While we can’t say for sure who’s funding this quaint little poll on potential mayoral candidates, we can tell you who we’ve ruled out.
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Mysterious phone poll gauges interest in Little Rock mayoral candidates - Arkansas Times

While we can't say for sure who's funding this quaint little poll, we can tell you who we've ruled out.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 6d

West Memphis welcomes Google.
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The AI economy comes to the Arkansas Delta - Arkansas Times

The artificial intelligence economy is officially coming to Arkansas after a huge event in West Memphis, where tech-giant Google unveiled the site of its newest data center.

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On Thursday, Gov. Sarah Sanders sent word that she’s appointed Joseph Whitfield to step into the vacancy left by Christopher Franklin, a controversial figure who was ejected from office in July under messy circumstances.

Helena-West Helena gets a promising new mayor - Arkansas Times

On Thursday, Gov. Sarah Sanders sent word that she's appointed Joseph Whitfield to step into the vacancy left by Christopher Franklin, a controversial figure who was ejected from office in July under ...

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A short film about Brent Renaud, who was shot and killed in March 2022 while reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, begins streaming on HBO Max on Oct. 21.

Arkansas filmmaker Brent Renaud, killed while covering the Russia-Ukraine war, is subject of HBO doc - Arkansas Times

A short film about Brent Renaud, who was shot and killed in March 2022 while reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, begins streaming on HBO Max on Oct. 21.

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 7d

Child care providers showed up at the Capitol Wednesday to protest significant cuts to a program for low-income families that came without even a two-week notice. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Slideshow: Child care providers, advocates rally against funding cuts - Arkansas Times

Roughly 300 providers, parents and other opponents of impending cuts to a program that covers child care bills for low-income Arkansans rallied on the sweltering Capitol steps Wednesday in hopes of…

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