MM Kent , an award-winning artist who resides in Fayetteville, has self-published A Coward’s Guide to Oil Painting: the Novel . The coming of age love story is set in the hippie subculture of 1969, with a pair of characters traversing the American South and the wilds of Mexico on two separate quests. And yes, each chapter opens with guidance on painting with oils.

The Buffalo National River Park Service is investigating a break in at Fitton Cave on park property in Newton County. The locked and gated cave system, one of the largest in the state, serves as a valuable research site for geologists and wildlife conservationists, but has sustained significant damage. The park service is asking the public to help identify those responsible by calling: 1-888-653-0009, logging online to www.nps.gov/ISB or emailing a tip to [email protected].

Hundreds of renters across Arkansas are facing eviction for nonpayment of rent in August. In part one of our two-part report, we speak with tenants and their advocates about what it's been like to lose income because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes it difficult to pay rent on time. And in part two, we get reaction from landlords to the CDC's recently issued eviction moratorium.

During the Arkansas 2020 Small, Minority and Women-Owned Virtual Matchmaking Event Sept. 17, businesses can attend 15-minute matchmaking meetings that will offer networking opportunities that could lead to contracts. In 2017, the state announced a 15 percent spending target for businesses owned by minority groups, women and service-disabled veterans.

Presidents since at least Ulysses S. Grant have paid visits to Arkansas. While there is no recording of President Grant's trip, we do have archives of presidential visits from as far back as Harry Truman. Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History , takes us back to seven different presidential visits.

Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville is providing isolation quarters to a small number of University of Arkansas students who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. Founded a century ago as a church retreat, the historic center now operates as a creative, educational and recreational place for the community — and during the pandemic as a secure quarantine space.

The Arkansas Department of Health is reporting a new single-day record for additional cases of coronavirus. At today's briefing, which Governor Asa Hutchinson delivered from Mena, he announced 1,107 new cases of COVID-19 out of just more than 7,800 test results in the last 24-hour monitoring period. The governor said he's not pleased with the high number, but also isn't surprised. Ten counties reported at least 20 new cases, including 105 in Pulaski County. Washington County, which is home to

Arkansas is in the seventh month of the pandemic, but as Michael Tilley, with Talk Business and Politics , tells us home sales in the River Valley have gone up. However, the opposite is taking place in the state's hospitality industry.

Nick Cave: Until is on view at the Momentary Sept. 12 through Jan. 3, 2021. The exhibit is the largest project from the Chicago-based artist, who is known for his Soundsuits. Until is comprised of six installations and is a response to the question: Is there racism in heaven?

Fayetteville city leaders gathered at Fay Jones Woods on Thursday to break ground on phase one of the construction of the Cultural Arts Corridor , which voters approved in a special bond election in 2019. Phase one will include the development of the woods, streetscape improvements along West Avenue and the reconstruction of parts of the Razorback Regional Greenway.