Dr. Jeff Ward inside Northwest Arkansas Pediatric Dentistry. Photo courtesy: NWA Pediatric Dentistry By mid-December, sugar becomes part of the landscape. It’s stacked in gas station aisles, poured into mugs, tucked into stockings and passed across dinner tables like tradition itself. But inside Northwest Arkansas Pediatric Dentistry, the season doesn’t register as a dental emergency….Continue Reading A Gentle Reminder Before Christmas Morning
A white-tailed deer. Insurance estimates indicate Arkansas drivers have a roughly 1 in 95 chance of hitting a deer each year. | Photo credit: James Mirakian; licensed via Pexels.com. As temperatures drop and daylight fades earlier each evening, Arkansas drivers are entering the most dangerous time of year for deer–vehicle collisions. National insurance and wildlife…Continue Reading As Fall Peaks, Deer-Related Vehicle Crashes Rise Across Arkansas
Signs at national parks, like this one overlooking the Pea Ridge National Military Park, are being reviewed under a new national policy called ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to National History.’ Opponents are working to document the content of signs across the country. | Photo credit: Casey Mann At national park sites across the country, educational…Continue Reading The race to retain history at national parks amid new federal directives
Rusty Turner never needed to raise his voice to run a newsroom. For decades across Northwest Arkansas, while headlines changed and more and more platforms were being created, Rusty Turner built his career on something far more important than how many stories you could push out: trust. From the Morning News in Rogers to the…Continue Reading Rusty Turner Never Needed to Be Loud
Arkansas is home to an estimated 3,000-5,000 bears. | Photo credit Tomas Malik; license-free photo courtesy of Pexels.com. When two fatal black bear encounters shook Arkansas this fall – one near Mulberry Mountain in Franklin County and another at Sam’s Throne in Newton County – the news echoed through the Ozarks. However, according to Dr….Continue Reading A Fed Bear is a Dead Bear: Arkansas Bear Expert Believes Humans are to Blame