Arkansas Health & Wellness Partners with Sober Sidekick to Transform Substance Use Disorder Recovery Across Arkansas

By Press Release Innovative digital app offers increased support for substance use recovery LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 2025) – Arkansas Health & Wellness, administrator of Ambetter health insurance, today announced a strategic partnership with...

Arkansas Supreme Court authorizes judge suspensions, orders cooperation with disciplinary probes

A five-member majority of the Arkansas Supreme Court granted the state judicial discipline commission’s request for changes to the rules for judges’ and justices’ conduct in a Thursday per curiam order. The changes concern accusations of judicial...

Business owners discuss how Meadow Creek’s rising tides can lift BV boats

When Jed Selby came to Buena Vista in the early 2000s, he had a vision of a new urbanist community by the Arkansas River on what was then the town dump. He also had a dream that he had carried with him since discovering the Grateful Dead as a...

Dr. Rankin Baker running for Arkansas House District 99 seat

Dr. Beth Anne Rankin Baker of Magnolia has announced her candidacy for Arkansas State Representative District 99 which comprises parts of Miller, Lafayette and Columbia counties. The seat is currently held by Rep. Lane Jean (R-Magnolia) who cannot...

Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘The Insider’ (1999) Tuesday

ARKANSAS TIMES FILM SERIES: ‘THE INSIDER’ (1999) TUESDAY 6/17. Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. 6:30 p.m. $12-$14. In 1996, “60 Minutes” ran a controversial interview with biochemist Jeffery Wigland in which he alleged that the company he’d been fired...

Beth Anne Rankin Baker seeks 2026 Republican nomination for Arkansas House seat

Consultant Beth Anne Rankin Baker of Magnolia, who served as a policy advisor and director of state-federal affairs for Gov. Mike Huckabee, will seek the 2026 Republication nomination in District 99 in the state House of Representatives -- a House...

House Financial Services Committee approves ‘trigger leads’ bill

The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that would restrict the use of “trigger leads” in the mortgage industry. The committee approved H.R. 2808, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act in a 46-0 vote. Companion legislation has...

Weekly Column from the Arkansas House of Representatives 6-13-25

This week, several members of the Arkansas House of Representatives traded their suits for aprons and served meals, not in the Capitol, but at the annual Serving Up Solutions fundraiser. This event supports the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, and...

Geena Davis Lauds Bentonville Film Festival for ‘Staying True’ to Its Roots While Spotlighting Local Arkansas Production

As the Oscar-winning actor looks back on the Bentonville Film Festival’s growth since 2015, festival chair Geena Davis knows this year is all about “staying true” to its roots while spotlighting local Arkansas production with a new homegrown...

Fed Bans Ex-Arvest Employee from Banking After $42K in Customer Funds Misused

(Arvest) A Federal Reserve order on Monday banned a former Arvest Bank of Fayetteville employee from the banking industry after he misappropriated more than $42,000 in customer funds. Arvest hired Christopher Timos in November 2020 to work at a...

Fed bans Arkansas banker; Pennsylvania credit unions to join

In this week's banking news roundup: The Federal Reserve Board banned a former relationship banker in Arkansas after he was caught stealing customer funds; Benchmark Federal Credit Union plans to merge with Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union to...

Ardot invites public input on proposed highway changes in Little Rock

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is set to hold a public involvement meeting on Tuesday, June 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to gather input on proposed changes to Highway 5 (Stagecoach Road). These...

Warren Bank & Trust Hosts Pink Tomato Open House Today

WARREN, Ark. – As part of the 69th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival celebrations, Warren Bank & Trust is inviting the public to its Pink Tomato Open House today, Friday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature...

Little Rock Property Buyers talks through selling your home off market

Minniefield: Time for Black leaders to teach entrepreneurship to youth

I took the road far less traveled. I came from Waldo, Arkansas, a poor town with a 95% Black population, and Marshall, Texas, and went to Los Angeles. I had humble beginnings. After working on a railroad and in a lumber yard, I became a stock boy...

Arkansas 45th in child well-being study, but …

Arkansas ranked 45th in child well-being in the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The foundation annually ranks states based on four “domains.” Arkansas was 47th in health, 45th in economic well-being,...

Beloved Little Rock staple Baja Grill set to close its doors soon

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A beloved Little Rock staple has announced that it will be closing its doors soon. After more than a decade in business, the crew at Baja Grill took to social media on Thursday to announce that their restaurant location in The...

Judge orders Little Rock to seek waiver from state law for removing Confederate statue

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James ordered the city of Little Rock to seek a waiver from the Arkansas History Commission within 10 days for its removal of a Confederate monument in at MacArthur Park. The June 10 ruling comes after a bench...

Three arrested in connection with various charges in Northwest Arkansas

4th Judicial District Drug Task Force Paradice Sabbie, 28, of Links Drive in Texarkana, was arrested Wednesday in connection with possession of methamphetamine or cocaine with intent to deliver, being a felon in possession of a firearm,...

Judge orders Little Rock to seek waiver from state law for removing Confederate statue

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James ordered the city of Little Rock to seek a waiver from the Arkansas History Commission within 10 days for its removal of a Confederate monument in at MacArthur Park. The June 10 ruling comes after a bench...