The 89th General Assembly of Arkansas: AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PREGNANT WOMAN’S PROTECTION ACT. SB170 — Is now known as Act 156 as it has been signed into law. TO TERMINATE CERTAIN PARENTAL RIGHTS OF A PERSON CONVICTED OF RAPE TO A CHILD CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE RAPE AND TO DECLARE AN…
By Luke Simons In A Store Near You Do you ever wonder what’s in your food? This might be food that comes in a box or can or it could even be “fresh produce.” Now, if you are at the store holding a can or box it’s simple enough to turn the package around and…
“Eve takes place during the 1820s in Newton County — a place uninhabitable to most civilized people. The Osage population had already been run out, and only the occasional French fur trapper wandered through. It’s a place where folklore is real; at least in the eyes of an 8-year-old adventurer…” By Terrah Baker When I…
“What these statistics, and many others, show, according to the CDC, is that sexual intercourse is happening, but so are unintended consequences of an abstinence-focused education system.” By Terrah Baker It’s nothing new that the U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy of all the developed countries — up to nine times higher according…
Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week was co-founded by Jade Terminella, owner of Lola Boutique in Fayetteville, and Danielle Vaughan. NWAFW became an LLC in 2012 before the first Fashion Week, the two said. Their goal for funds raised this fashion week is $100,000, which would more than double that from last year — $35,000 — with…
By Johnny Adkins, M.D. After President Kennedy’s announcement of the Apollo Project, I wanted to be an astronaut and the first one on the moon. As time passed and my career aspirations came into perspective, I wondered what one would take for nutrition on long, distant space travel in order to stay healthy. There was…
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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” — Martin Luther King, Jr. By Terrah Baker “You guys are actually part of something big that’s going on,” said Aron Shelton, co-founder of SpareTime, to a group of students at Holt Middle School in Fayetteville last month. Shelton is a young,…
For the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week, local boutiques have the option of showing off their styles under local nonprofit ArtAmiss, to curb the costs of participation. Black Cherry Vintage will be one of these boutiques, so look for their authentic style on the runway. Owner of Black Cherry Vintage, Leea Lee, has an amazing…
By Quinn Montana ’Tis the season for … food! The winter holidays of every sort are upon us. Did you eat a traditional family meal at Thanksgiving with grandma’s family-legacy stuffing or Auntie Mame’s made-from-scratch chocolate cream pie? Would it just not be the holidays without Uncle Joe’s famous gumbo? If you’re like most Americans,…