The Arkansas Times turns 50 in 2024. To celebrate our golden anniversary, we’re looking back at the past half-century and sharing excerpts from some of our favorite pieces of reporting.
Lake Maumelle
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Best and Worst 2023
Here’s the thing about 2023: You have to grade it on a curve. Things weren’t great; they could have been a whole lot worse.
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Is your water discolored? CAW says it’s manganese from Lake Maumelle
The water is still safe to drink, but the folks at Central Arkansas Water recommend holding off on laundry until it clears up.
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New trails just outside of Little Rock herald the connection of the Maumelle Pinnacles
The opening of Blue Mountain means mountain bikers and hikers will have another nearly eight miles of trails in the Little Rock area to explore, but perhaps even more exciting is that it represents the final puzzle piece to connect a series of natural areas that together make up 21,000 acres.
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Jury finds Dennis Rainey guilty in tree-trimming case, fines him $1,000
The courtroom erupted into applause from both sides Friday afternoon as the jury reached its verdict. Dennis Rainey was found guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree for trimming trees on Central Arkansas Water property in 2021, and he was fined $1,000. No jail time will be served.
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Four witnesses kick off day one of the Dennis Rainey trial
The three-day criminal trial for Dennis Rainey, an evangelist and pal of Huckabee who is accused of damaging more than 100 trees to improve his backyard view of Lake Maumelle in 2021, started Wednesday.
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Trial of Dennis Rainey in tree-cutting case likely to be delayed
Trial set Tuesday apparently will be delayed by press of other cases in same court.
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September trial set for Dennis Rainey in tree-cutting case
A jury will hear the case.
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Dennis Rainey pleads not guilty in Lake Maumelle tree-cutting case
Another hearing set Jan. 31.
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Dennis Rainey’s lawyer responds to felony charge for Maumelle tree-cutting
Lawyer for Dennis Rainey calls his prosecution for tree cutting near Lake Maumelle “government overreach.”