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Construction / Education / Real Estate

Nabholz to Build $55M Field House and Science Building at LR Central High

Schools, motels, new homes and more feature in this week's million-dollar deals and construction. read more >
LaneShift CEO Ryan Hale addressed Metroplan members before they left on a bicycle tour of the Razorback Greenway from the Graduate Hotel in Fayetteville.
Construction / Tourism / Transportation

Northwest Bike Boom Inspires More Trails

Other Arkansas cities plan greenways of their own. read more >
The Little Rock Nine, cast in bronze at the Arkansas State Capitol.
Education / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

New Tax or Not, Mayor Set to Rebrand the Rock

Sales tax or no, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. is ready to rebrand the city with a new marketing campaign, a new city flag and a new website. read more >
Skip Rutherford
Education / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford to Retire June 30

Skip Rutherford, dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, says he will retire on June 30. read more >
Phyllis Brandon

Phyllis Brandon, Pioneering High Profile Editor, Dies at 84

Phyllis Brandon, a pioneering newswoman who made the High Profile section an enduring Sunday read, died Saturday at her home in Little Rock. She was 84. read more >
Education / Legal

A Vulture and a Child; A Mob and a Student

Journalists constantly consider possible unintended effects of what they print. They also walk a line between taking action and strictly observing events. read more >
The Stephens Inc. Building in Little Rock.

Tour Little Rock: Discover These 13 Unique Places

You'll find education, the arts and defenders of the nation feel right at home in Little Rock. read more >
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Tourism

Southern States Join to Promote Civil Rights Tourism

Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confederacy was born and the motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died. read more >
Little Rock Central High School
Education / Government & Politics

Bill Clinton Celebrates Little Rock 9, Warns More Work Lies Ahead

Former President Bill Clinton told surviving members of the Little Rock Nine on Monday that they could wear dancing shoes to celebrate their integration of Central High School but must be ready to don marching boots as struggles for equality continue. read more >
Education / Tourism

Sculpture Commemorates 1957 Desegregation at Central High School

A sculpture illustrating the incomplete progress in the push for educational equality will go on display next month outside Little Rock Central High School. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

A Reporter Is Beaten; Arkansans Can Relate

Arkansas Democrat photographer Will Counts captured the beating of newspaper reporter L. Alex Wilson outside Central High School in 1957, and his images stunned viewers then and have embarrassed Arkansas for 60 years. read more >
Gretchen Hall, president and CEO of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Education / Tourism

Little Rock Central Aims for UNESCO World Heritage Status

Little Rock Central High School is under consideration for "world heritage" status by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. read more >
Education / Legal

Court Ends Part of Arkansas Desegregation Lawsuit

A federal judge is ending a large part of an Arkansas desegregation case rooted in the Little Rock Central High School crisis of 1957. read more >
Education / Nonprofits

Central High Supporters Form Nonprofit To Help School

Supporters and alumni of Little Rock's Central High School have formed a nonprofit to support the school, the Tiger Foundation. read more >
Education / Government & Politics

Here Is the Little Rock Central High School Band on NBC Nightly News

As seen on NBC Nightly News on Sunday: the story of the Little Rock Central High School band, which is marching in the inaugural parade today in Washington D.C. Includes full video. read more >
Education / Legal

Christopher Mercer, Among 6 Who Integrated UA Law School, Dies at 88

Christopher C. Mercer, one of the six students who integrated the University of Arkansas School of Law, died Tuesday morning in Little Rock, the UA said. read more >
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

Central High School: Symbol of Inequities Past and Present

Little Rock Central High School once was the most famous public school in the world. That was during the period of its disgrace, 1957-59, when it symbolized Southern defiance of court orders to integrate schools. read more >