Steve Brawner Afederal judge’s ruling will make it easier for canvassers to gather signatures for citizen-led initiatives in Arkansas. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks in November issued a …

Steve Brawner A judge ruled Wednesday, Oct. 22, that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders must call a special election to fill the vacant state Senate District 26 seat before next year’s fiscal session. …

Scott Loftis It’s difficult to imagine a more securely entrenched politician than Sarah Huckabee Sanders was less than three years ago. Sanders was sworn in as the governor of Arkansas on Jan. 10, …

Steve Brawner Congress is a mess. I asked Dr. Hal Bass what might could be done to fix it. Bass has taught political science at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia for 49 years. He was my …

Dear Editor and everyone reading the Carroll County newspaper, No one’s life is easy. We all have to learn our way in a world many of us don’t recognize anymore. What we need sometimes is a …

Igrew up in a small city. As a kid, my sister and I rode the bus downtown to the Public Library. This is where I got hooked on what libraries provide. When I moved to Berryville in 1976 I found the …

Steve Brawner Sen. John Boozman says Congress must act in the next couple of months to help farmers, and that its members know they must do so. “This isn’t difficulty,” he said in a phone …

Scott Loftis Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in September 2023. Though some of the statistics have changed, the underlying theme has not. This year’s National Newspaper Week …

    Brawner How many Arkansas third-graders struggling in reading will be held back at the end of this school year? Probably more than usual, but not as many as there could be. Education Secretary …

Dear Mr. Loftis, After reading your editorial of 8-5-25, I began thinking how grateful I am for an honest paper that can keep me up on local events. I am especially glad when you publish the views of …

To Friends of the Berryville Lions, During COVID and the remodel of the Berryville Square, we had to interrupt our Memorial Flag Program. Although we continued to display flags as we could, we lost …

Steve Brawner Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders might not have changed the outcome of whether or not the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University ever play another football game at War Memorial …

Dr. Tammi Davis District Mission: Ensuring high levels of learning for everyone, every day! Bobcat Families & Community: We’ve had a great start to the school year, and it’s hard to believe …

Scott Loftis I’m continually amazed by the amount of numbers and the number of events there are here in Carroll County. September seems to be especially busy, with Agri Days in Green Forest, the …

Steve Brawner Lawmakers mainly do two things. Both they and voters should not focus so much on the first that they ignore the second. The first thing lawmakers do is enact policies. That’s what …

Scott Loftis Is this the year that Carroll County’s two high school football teams turn the corner and become legitimate playoff contenders? It’s too early to make that kind of declaration, but …

Bryan King The inmate population in Arkansas prisons will grow by an estimated 2 percent a year until 2035, according to an expert’s presentation at a conference of county officials, sheriffs, …

Steve Brawner Love it or hate it, the LEARNS Act is one of the most consequential laws passed in Arkansas in decades. Not surprisingly, people are suing to stop it. The latest lawsuit to make news, …

Bryan King The director of the state Division of Children and Family Services told lawmakers that much of the agency’s improvements in recent years is because of greater involvement on the part of …

Steve Brawner The national debt reached a new milestone this week. Did anybody notice? Maybe a party would help. Sam Sicard, president and CEO of First National Bank of Fort Smith, offered that …