The writer James Fallows is dropping in on the Central Arkansas Library System this month, but not quite the same way he's grown accustomed to descending on America's towns. read more >

Little Rock ad men Ross Cranford and Jon Hodges are making a pitch to industry colleagues: Join AdClub Little Rock, hear from some great marketing speakers, and help some hungry children while you’re at it. read more >

The library isn’t shushing folks about its plan to redesign its website. In fact, the Central Arkansas Library System is shouting it from the rooftops. read more >

Nate Coulter was named executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System in December, replacing Bobby Roberts, who retired in March. read more >

Renovations at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library, at 100 S. Rock St. in the River Market District, are to be complete this week. read more >

Former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor will speak at noon Wednesday at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock. read more >

The Central Arkansas Library System board of directors has selected Nate Coulter of Little Rock as its new director. read more >

The state Highway Department’s $450 million plan to widen Interstate 30, a project that includes replacing the Arkansas River Bridge, is generating hand-wringing from area planners. read more >

In the last decade, the film industry has garnered increasing interest in Arkansas, as evidenced by the number of film festivals taking place across the state. read more >

A Walgreens in Sherwood tipped the scales at $3.38 million. A 240-unit apartment project in southwest Little Rock weighed in at $2.8 million. And land for a 49-lot residential project in west Little Rock was assembled in two deals totaling $930,000. read more >

Luther Auto Group’s acquisition of Steve Landers Toyota in Little Rock generated a real estate transaction valued at $22.1 million. A former Metropolitan National Bank branch in west Little Rock is under new ownership after a $1.76 million sale. And a 27,832-SF piece of the Arcade Building in downtown Little Rock changed hands in a transaction valued at $1.2 million. read more >

Our latest lineup of big real estate transactions features a quartet, three in the capital city and one in North Little Rock. read more >

The National Park Service has awarded nearly a quarter-million dollars in grants to projects in Arkansas that help preserve and interpret sites that were used to confine Japanese Americans during World War II. read more >

Cache co-owners Rush Harding and his son Payne are determined to be ready for their restaurant's opening in the River Market, housed in the nearly-completed Arcade Building. read more >

The newest addition to the Central Arkansas Library System real estate roster will be the Arcade Building at 100 River Market Ave. The $14 million, 59,000-SF, mixed-use project represents a loose joint venture between CALS and private development interests. read more >

Central Arkansas Library System paid $235,000 in February for two slivers of land along the western and southern edges of the Arcade Building site — land that the sellers had gotten from the city of Little Rock for free just two months earlier. read more >

Three of the most imminent projects are the new Residence Inn by Marriott next to the Interstate 30 ramp at 219 River Market Ave., the Mann on Main Redevelopment at Fourth and Main streets and the Arcade Building, a new multi-use office and retail space at 100 River Market Ave. read more >

The Central Arkansas Library System’s $12 million Children’s Library & Learning Center will open next month on the south side of Interstate 630, and its developers hope it will transform the surrounding neighborhoods of midtown Little Rock. read more >

For the Otter Creek community, the Oley E. Rooker Library is a landmark and is the first LEED-certified project for CALS. Geothermal heating and cooling system, a high-performance building envelope and abundant day lighting are the many sustainable features employed to seek the goal of LEED Silver. read more >

The Oley E. Rooker Library will be the first LEED certified project for the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). Geothermal heating and cooling, a high performance building envelope and abundant day lighting are among the sustainable features employed to seek the goal of LEED Silver. read more >