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Late-Season Nesters

We typically think of eggs around springtime and Easter, and most people promptly forget about them when summer fun arrives.

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Issues Surrounding Buffalo River Watershed Continue

The issues surrounding the Buffalo National River and a nearby 6,500 hog farm that was built in a fragile watershed environment keep coming.

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One Mississippi Excels With Brilliant Dark Comedy

If you get too dark, you risk losing your audience; too light, and you risk losing your original point. Tig walks that tightrope better than any comic I’ve ever seen.

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The Joy of Recently Hatched Skinks and Snakes

Northwest Arkansas is swimming in baby reptiles this time of year.

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The Stand At Standing Rock

I’ve previously talked about the all-but-ignored demonstration taking place against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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A Century to Celebrate: 100 Years of National Parks

August 25 marked the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, which was created in 1916 by then-president Woodrow Wilson.

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Harry Potter And The Cursed Child: A Belated Review

Anyone who knows me at all knows that I am a die-hard fan of Harry Potter.

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Grand Opening of the Kessler Mountain Regional Park

Sometimes a single project can make ripples across various topics like human health, the environment, and the economy simultaneously.

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Election Commission Denies Campus Voting Site

Last week, the Washington County Election Commission refused a request to place an early voting polling site at the University of Arkansas campus.

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Lochmess, Racism, and the First Nations

The big story these last couple of weeks has, of course, been the 2016 Rio Olympics.