On a crisp, bright morning in Little Rock’s Heights neighborhood, Craig O’Neill strides briskly into a neighborhood coffee shop and takes his place in line. The man in front of him glances back and, recognizing the well-known news anchor, wishes…
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Quantia “Key” Fletcher, executive director of Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock, has been making a difference in Arkansas for almost two decades by working to ensure history is preserved and championing the layered past of the Natural State.…
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Back To School: Education Construction Underway In Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffWork has begun on several projects at Little Rock Central High School. Photo by Christopher Davis For contractors and their crews, it’s back to school this summer in Arkansas. From the LEARNS Act legislative package passed this spring by the…
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Little Rock Central Seeing Progress on $80M Renovations
A few years ago, voters in Little Rock came to the agreement that renovations were needed in schools across the district, particularly at Little Rock Central High School, a national historic landmark in the capital city. The measure passed at…
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Finding Purpose on Petit Jean: Rockefeller Revealed State’s Potential from an Arkansas Mountaintop
When you think of some of the most influential people in the history of Arkansas, Winthrop Rockefeller is likely one of the first to come to mind. When Rockefeller arrived in Arkansas, the state was stuck in what Time magazine…
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Arkansas Legislative Charity Basketball Game Happening Soon
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMembers of the Arkansas House of Representatives will square off against their counterparts in the Senate for a worthwhile cause, “Hoops for Kids’ Sake.” The eighth modern-era charity basketball game will take place Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at…
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University of Arkansas Names First Chief People Officer
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas has selected Michelle Hargis Wolfe, a Little Rock native, as its first chief people officer, effective Feb. 1, 2023. She’s joining the university after spending nearly 20 years with Walmart, Inc., including time leading human resources…
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City Year Announces AmeriCorps Members, Board Additions
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock is continuing in its mission of advancing educational equity in Arkansas this year with the help of 20 AmeriCorps members and two alumni– Amanda Richardson Nipper and Madhav Shroff, who recently joined the board and both…
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Get to Know the Candidates: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Supha Xayprasith-Mays, John Thurston
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAMP continues its monthly look at the candidates heading into Arkansas’ May primaries. Arkansans will elect a new governor while all the state’s constitutional and congressional offices, and one of its U.S. Senate seats, will appear on the ballot in…
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NFL Star Kevin Williams Named New Little Rock Central Defensive Coach
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMinnesota Vikings pro Kevin Williams has been named new defensive coach for Little Rock Central’s football team, the school announced on Thursday. The team hopes six-time Pro Bowl Williams’ coaching “will make a positive difference with our defensive front line…