Little Rock AR

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced it will begin rolling out new work and community engagement requirements for certain Medicaid recipients starting July 1, 2026. However, beneficiaries will not face penalties for non-compliance until January 1, 2027. Read more below about how it works. The...

If a perfectly seared steak is your love language, pull up a chair. This list is for you. I spent months eating my way across Arkansas, sliding into everything from polished dining rooms to low-lit local staples. Some meals were quiet showstoppers. Plates hit the table and the whole mood...

There is a special kind of hush that settles over a secondhand bookstore, the kind that lets you hear your own curiosity. I felt it the second I stepped through a creaky door on an Arkansas side street, that faint paper-and-ink smell hitting before the bell even stopped ringing. On...

We’re waking up to mostly clear skies across the state this Sunday morning, but it’s a cold start out there. Temperatures are at or below freezing for much of central Arkansas, and well below freezing across the north with teens and 20s. As we head through the day...

Two recent headlines in Arkansas related to reading seem completely at odds with each other. The state Library Board earlier this month tabled a vote on more than $1 million worth of quarterly funding for libraries, a delay that jeopardizes a number of programs. The board’s action — or lack of action, that is —  […]

The heavy winter storm that brought snow, sleet and sub-freezing temperatures to Arkansas and surrounding states resulted in tens of millions of dollars in losses to farmers across the state, according to a new report from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The Jan. 23-27 storm brought...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard the first reading of proposed regulation changes for 2026 this week, with the overarching goal of simplifying the rules hunters and anglers must follow across the state. AGFC Deputy Director Brad Carner said more than 65 regulations were eliminated during an internal...

CABOT, Ark. – The company that schools across the state of Arkansas use for picture day is under fire for alleged ties to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. There’s no evidence that Lifetouch, a school and family picture service, was involved with Epstein as a company. However, a...

On a chilly February night in Arkansas, there’s nothing like a warm plate of pasta to make you feel at home. I recently set out to discover the best Italian spots across the state, the places that offer both comfort and bold flavors. What I found were restaurants that...

It’s that time of the year when Arkansas goes through a big temperature whiplash period. One week it’s cold, the next it’s warm, and sometimes that flip happens in just a couple of days, like we’re seeing right now. Thursday we were experiencing upper 70s, and then today, just a day later, we’re much cooler with...