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Abundance of timber, slower housing market forecast keeps prices soft, cuts margins for loggers
MONTICELLO, Ark. — A nearly twofold increase in standing timber in Arkansas, coupled with a decline in housing demand, is keeping prices soft and tightening margins for loggers, according to economists at the Arkansas Center for Forest Business. FreddieMac noted in its June outlook that the housing market slowed...
26 Aug 2024 Kirk Receives Booker Worthen Literary Prize for Winthrop Rockefeller Biography
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has received the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System for his 2022 biography, “Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.”. Kirk was featured as Author of the Month in...
Arkansas initiative advances organic farming, diversity
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With U.S. organic food sales topping $63 billion last year, the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food wants to help Arkansas farmers grab a larger share of that market. Arkansas has 107 certified organic farms, most of which are poultry or egg operations, with 19 fruit...
Parts of Central Arkansas under an air quality advisory | What to know
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Monday, officials with the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment issued an Ozone Action Advisory for some parts of Central Arkansas. According to the agencies, ozone action days are public awareness days that are aimed at informing the community about potential harmful ground-level pollution.
26 Aug 2024 5th annual event planned Aug. 31st in observance of International Overdose Awareness Day
LITTLE ROCK — Hope Movement Coalition, along with CWC Alliance, is encouraging Arkansans to observe International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to remember those we have lost to drug overdose and Fentanyl poisoning, with its 5th Annual Bridge the Gap event on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Riverfront Park in North Little Rock.
Arkansans brace for challenges of new voter registration, driver’s license policies
Two new Arkansas policies approved by lawmakers Friday continue to raise concerns among activists as potentially suppressive measures: one limiting the use of electronic signatures on voter registration forms and one eliminating the gender-neutral “X” marker on driver’s licenses. Earlier this year, the voter advocacy group Get Loud Arkansas created a popular online voter registration […]
Arkansas, 23 other states say Brown University divestment proposal will trigger pro-Israel laws
Twenty-four state attorneys general, led by Arkansas’ Tim Griffin, are urging Brown University to reject a proposal for the Rhode Island school to divest from certain companies that do business with Israel. The proposal, “Brown Divest Now,” triggers anti-boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) laws in several states that prohibit contracting with, investing in or doing […]
Operation BRIGHT identifies 79 trafficking victims, offers extensive support services
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas State Police (ASP) launched a human trafficking operation named Operation BRIGHT (Bringing Rescue and Intervention to Give Hope and Triumph), in which 16 adults believed to be victims of human trafficking were offered services, with another 79 local victims being identified. One suspected trafficker...
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