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June 10, 2025Broadband is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Expanding rural broadband access can unlock economic growth, educational opportunity, and…
May 13, 2025Have you ever felt alone in a crowd? Misunderstood or different from those around you? Wondered if anyone else thought…
April 14, 2025My name is Hallie Shoffner. I’m a sixth generation farmer from Newport, Arkansas. I grew up farming alongside my parents,…
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August 30, 2024Sharing the untold stories of rural Arkansas. I grew up here in The Natural State. From my earliest memories cruising…
April 15, 2024A clamor that threatens Arkansas's rural life. Rolling hills. Rice fields. Delta mud. There’s just something about Arkansas’s rural landscapes,…
June 8, 2023Hope has yet again produced a public servant of whom all of Arkansas can be proud. Do our two US…
