An Everyday Hero

An Everyday Hero

The youth who find their way to the Comprehensive Juvenile Services Western Arkansas Youth Shelter arrive in all shapes, sizes, and backstories. They are the headstrong kids from “good” families who bristle under house rules and street-smart kids from “bad” homes who...
A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own

In May 1985, Alma native Doug Moore suffered a motorcycle accident that left him a paraplegic. Not content to let one day define the rest of his life, Doug launched a local wheelchair basketball league in 1986 and competed in wheelchair sports for the next thirty-five...
The World Within Reach

The World Within Reach

Ask Garrett Copeland, marketing coordinator for the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, what’s the best museum experience in Arkansas and he won’t even blink. Fort Smith’s Regional Art Museum, he’ll tell you, beats others around the state hands down. “Museums just have to...
Historic Washington State Park

Historic Washington State Park

Historic Washington State Park in southwest Arkansas is well known as a historic village filled with preserved 19th-century homes and buildings. An important stop on the Southwest Trail, James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett famously traveled through here. James...
Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer

As I am writing this article, we have had two weeks of over 100º weather. Withered grass crunches under my feet and just walking outside results in sweating! My thoughts quickly turn to the risks for friends who work outside in construction and lawn care, elderly...

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