The metallurgical report on the Mayflower pipeline break just went public
So, that forensic metallurgical report ExxonMobil ordered after its Pegasus Pipeline split. You want it. We got it.You can read the full report, by Hurst Metallurgical Research Laboratory Inc., at this...
View ArticleThursday To-Do: Tres Divas
THE MUSIC FACTORY PRESENTS: TRES DIVAS8 p.m. The Joint. $10.Here's a sure bet for fans of female vocalists. As you might have surmised from the title, Tres Divas features three vocalists —Heather...
View ArticleThursday To-Do: North Mississippi Allstars
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS8:30 p.m. Revolution. $20.There is nothing else that can touch the hypnotic, almost otherworldly sound of Mississippi Hill Country blues — pioneered by Mississippi Fred...
View ArticleThursday-Saturday To-Do: A Work of Art
A WORK OF ARTVarious times, venues and cover prices.Earlier this week, the third annual A Work of Art celebration kicked off. The weeklong event honors the lives and musical contributions of Little...
View ArticleThursday: B.T. at The Loony Bin and more
Comedian B.T. is at The Loony Bin with opener Charles Michael, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.It's the first Thursday of the month, which means it's time for the...
View ArticleReaders respond to introduction of digital membership
Our announcement that the four Arkansas Times blogs will move behind a metered paywall beginning Thursday, Aug. 1, drew more than a hundred comments on the Arkansas Blog.Readers respond to...
View ArticleNorth Mississippi Allstars to Revolution
Also, Tres Divas at The Joint, Kevin Gordon and Isaac Alexander at White Water Tavern, "A Work of Art," The Main Thing's "Arkansanity" at The Joint, Everclear at Magic Springs and KABF 2013 Summer...
View ArticleFreedom rings
One of the scary things about the proposed merger of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and St. Vincent Health System was that it would have forced Arkansas defenders of religious freedom...
View ArticleIt was a good week for Tracy Steele
It was also a good week for Acxiom and Mike Ross. It was a bad week for Bill Halter, a merger, ExxonMobil and Central Arkansas Water.It was a good week for ...TRACY STEELE The former legislator was...
View ArticleCould Hillary win Arkansas?
Arkansas Democrats, battered and bruised from the Obama era, are giddy at the possibility of a Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy in 2016, which they see as a key component of the party's...
View ArticleWhere in Arkansas? Aug. edition
Know where this slice of life in Arkansas is? Send along the answer to Times photographer Brian Chilson and win a prize. by Brian Chilson WHERE IN ARKANSAS?: Know where this slice of life in Arkansas...
View ArticleCatching up with Nate Powell
NLR native talks 'March,' missing Arkansas. by Robert BellNorth Little Rock native Nate Powell started out drawing comics that were printed (at times surreptitiously) at Kinko's, and were distributed...
View ArticleHogs should be solid in short-term
Pearls was on momentary hiatus for a tick, but the summer didn't offer much racket from the Hill anyway. Trust me — had the opportunity availed itself, I would've emerged from hibernation to mouth...
View ArticleThe British are coming
Other artists too, for South on Main show. by Leslie Newell PeacockThe Oxford American's South on Main space opened its first exhibition of fine art Wednesday, a show featuring the work of a native...
View ArticleTwo groups seek votes on same-sex marriage in Arkansas
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning the federal ban on same-sex marriage, two groups filed ballot language with the state attorney general's office that would put the issue to a...
View ArticleMe or my
An Arkansas Times editorial said "Regardless of your personal belief, I would hope that you shutting up about your personal belief and letting me decide these things is something we can all agree to."...
View ArticleGrains of sand
Strolling back to the Fortress of Employment from the Little Rock Farmer's Market this morning (The Observer's haul: two tiny watermelons and a loaf of tomato/herb/cheese bread from the Old Mill),...
View ArticleReynolds pleads guilty in Ernest Hoskins shooting
Hoskins was his employee. by David KoonChristopher Reynolds, 35, who stood accused of manslaughter for shooting his employee Ernest Hoskins during a November 2012 business meeting at Reynolds' home in...
View ArticleGOP tells NFL it can't endorse Obamacare
Aaron Rodgers, the all-pro quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, will hawk casualty insurance for State Farm in funny TV spots again this fall, but neither he nor any other National Football League...
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