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• More support coming for CES waitlist families

  15-09-2026 20:00 via arktimes.com
  
  It’s not exactly what the parents were asking for, but Gov. Sarah Sanders took a step in their direction on Tuesday when she announced that help was on the way for hundreds of disabled individuals. Sanders, along with Janet Mann, head of the Department of Human Services, made the announcement from Dardanelle, where the governor was visiting, saying that people on a waitlist for services that would help them live fuller, more independent lives that has climbed to almost 2,500 people wo
  
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• Central High Historic Site hosts event series featuring Little Rock Nine, scholars and historians

  15-09-2026 19:25 via arktimes.com
  
  The Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is hosting a series of free, educational pop-up programs this month about the Little Rock Nine and the 1957 Desegregation Crisis, culminating in an anniversary commemoration with four of the Little Rock Nine. The first event, titled “Beyond 1500 Park Street,” is scheduled for Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at the National Historic Site, 2120 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive.
  
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• Longtime state senator behind changes to utility regulations resigns for job with electric coop

  15-09-2026 18:52 via arktimes.com
  
  State Sen. Jonathan Dismang, the Beebe Republican known for his mastery of the unwieldy Arkansas state budgeting process and his advocacy for utility companies, is leaving his lawmaker role to become vice president of external affairs for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc.In his new role, Dismang will handle government relations for 17 electricity distributors that serve about a million customers in Arkansas and surrounding states.
  
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• ‘When Trees Testify’: A Q&A with writer Beronda L. Montgomery ahead of Six Bridges Book Festival

  15-09-2026 17:54 via arktimes.com
  
  With bestselling authors like Ariel Lawhon, Alix E. Harrow, Deesha Philyaw, Sarah Damoff and Annie Hartnett on the docket, the Central Arkansas Book Festival’s Six Bridges Book Festival — running Sept. 27-Oct. 4 — is proving once again that its organizers have their fingers on the national literary pulse. But don’t let those big-shot names distract you from the homegrown talent on display. To give you a sense of Six Bridges’ robust ties to The Natural State, w
  
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• Have you experienced ‘The Beginning of Convenience’ at The Momentary?

  15-09-2026 16:00 via arktimes.com
  
  ‘THE BEGINNING OF CONVENIENCE’
  THROUGH 7/27/2027. The Momentary, Bentonville. Free.British artist Lucy Sparrow’s “The Beginning of Convenience,” which debuted at The Momentary in July, is the kind of art exhibition that demands to be seen in person. An installation of the grandest proportions and an exercise in meticulous mimesis, the show brings together more than 20,000 handmade felt replicas of various consumer objects — cereal, jars of peanut butter, loav
  
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