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The old one
While the River Valley still boasts of woodlands and plains with wildlife abounding, our home region is a far and primal cry from the fauna-filled...
Late boneset: A fragrant late-summer pollinator favorite
The flowers in these photos are late boneset. It goes by a few other names — lateflowering thoroughwort, white boneset, and late-flowering boneset....
A Native giant
Last week our family went on a short getaway to the Sallisaw and Fort Smith area. While there we went to see Sequoyah’s Cabin Museum. Sequoyah —...
10 things ABOUT: Chance Duncan
Age: 38 years so far to enjoy this incredibly quick lap around that stellar ball of fusion 93 million miles away.Hometown & Years in the river...
Behind door number one
As summer winds down and a new school year looms right around the corner, my son Raff and I embark on what I like to call our “last hoorah.” It’s a...
Beyond Expectations
My seven-year-old daughter Pearly is planning to travel to Mars. For at least a year now she’s been devouring anything she can about space. She asks...
Mining our history
The dream of one man, Robert “Bob” Thomas, became a reality on October 2, 2010, with the opening of the Paris-Logan County Coal Miners Memorial and...
The unicorn
The Landing and Sports Grill 102 W Broadway St, MorriltonMost restaurants settle into a specific food genre — Mexican, Italian, soul food, Cajun,...
Fluent Redneck
The term “redneck” has a dubious history. It’s a label that’s been applied to me more than a few times. While I’ve always been honored by the...