Gov. Sarah Sanders has no one but herself to blame for lecterngate, the audit, and her office’s documented disregard for the law.
Cover Stories
The best restaurants in Arkansas in 2024
The winners and finalists in our annual Arkansas Times Readers Choice Awards.
Rock Town Roller Derby’s game-time alter egos, and the real athletes behind them
The two-pronged spirit of roller derby — a sport that marries structure with chaos, athleticism with theater — is alive and well in Little Rock.
Big on Burge’s: A photo essay
How a cold turkey salad turned a Heights deli into an institution.
Arkansas Times Toast of the Town 2023
Arkansas Times editors and readers raise a glass to their favorite beers, bars and booze.
Best of Arkansas 2023
Every year, the Arkansas Times shoves its fists into its pockets, digs deep and emerges with a big ol’ thermometer to take readers’ temperatures on all things Arkansas. This year, y’all were definitely angling for that doctor’s office lollipop, opening up and saying “hell yeah!” to your favorite florist (Hannah Anderson, pictured), nodding in appreciation of your most trusted TV meteorologist and giving us a mouthful when it came to the “Worst Arkansan” category (was there ever any doubt, Sarah?).
They urned it! Smith Family Funeral Homes is number one in our annual readers poll
Trafficking in the mysteries of death and life is all in a day’s work for Jeff Smith, the third-generation owner of Smith Family Funeral Homes.
Four on the floor: ideas for your summer road trip (or for staying put)
In the event your wellspring of vacation ideas has run dry — or that your wallet threatens coup d’etat when you type the word “airfare to Reykjavik” into your search engine — we’ve got you covered.
Playing into a trance: Joshua Asante’s origin story
Before Joshua Asante was even born, the idea that he was chosen followed him around. After learning by way of pure intuition that she was pregnant with Joshua, his mother attended a tent revival where a minister passed her by, stopped in his tracks and then turned around. “He touched her womb and kind of lost his cool,” Asante said. Because his mother hadn’t yet told anyone about the baby, she took the clergyman’s gesture as an affirmation that all the mystical energy she’d been feeling around her gestating child was something to take seriously. These expectations shaped his creative life.