Fluff Fiction

Last week, residents of Gum Springs met with Arkadelphia Economic Development representatives, worried about the Shandong Sun Paper (Sun) fluff mill. The report says,...

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Independent Editorial: Trumpelstiltskin

We’ve seen a few presidential elections in our time, but nothing like this. Although it’s impossible to capture in one word, “incredulous” nonetheless comes...

Woman thanking women

Editor, The Domestic Violence Resource & Support Center of Carroll County has been wonderfully blessed! We wish to offer thanks to Teresa Pelliccio De Vito...

Thanking veterans

Editor, Reflecting back on this past Memorial Day, I found it’s become very trendy and popular these days for people to walk up to a...

Test it. Stop it.

Editor, It’s crappy that a mass-feeding confinement factory like C&H Farms is operating on the Buffalo River National Park watershed. C&H is part of a larger international...

Just shut it down

Editor, I tried to call Governor Asa Hutchinson’s office and was shuffled off to the voicemail of the person in charge of veteran’s affairs, who...

Sidewalks a hazard

Editor, Within the last few weeks just driving through town I have witnessed 4 (yes 4) people, mostly older, who have fallen on sidewalks downtown. Am...

Preserving Butler Hollow

“The forest calls the rain, here it comes again putting out the flames, soothing all this burning” – S. Porter Many people in the Ozarks...

Independent Guestatorial: Ridding Northwest Arkansas of rats

We feel sympathy for Gov. Asa Hutchinson whose private office next to the Governor’s Mansion has suffered a rat infestation so bad the governor...