Barbeque Championship Plans

by dougkrile on March 10, 2010

Want free admission to the big Championship Barbeque contest this month in North Little Rock?

Volunteers Needed For Smoke on the Water

The North Little Rock Chamber needs your help! They are asking for volunteers to help the NLR Chamber of Commerce with SMOKE ON THE WATER USA BARBEQUE CHAMPIONSHIP – "The World’s Richest BBQ Contest" – on March 19 & 20, 2010 in Riverfront Park, North Little Rock. The Chamber will be in charge of staffing four gates and […]

The Arkansas Times Blog takes note of something we think should make wanna-be bank robbers think again – really high quality surveillance pictures!

Bank robbery photos

Good quality surveillance photos from yesterday’s robbery of the Summit Bank branch in the Heights. The summary from LRPD: “About 5 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a bank robbery at 1800 Taylor, Summit Bank.  Upon arrival, […]

And, as long as we’re talking technology, let’s broaden our usual borders and get the technical details on Walmart’s just-acquired video streaming service:

Everything You Need To Know About VUDU, Walmart’s New Streaming Video Service

When Walmart announced it had acquired VUDU, quite a few discussions were taking place on the web suggesting that Walmart would now need to setup a data center to be able to handle the delivery of videos, or that Walmart wasn’t going to want to support VUDU’s P2P based technology. Since neither of those assumptions are accurate, I thought it might be helpful to detail what […]

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School Mergers and Leadership Changes

March 9, 2010

I’ll take a cloudy, drizzly (but warm) day like today over 35 degrees ANY day! It should help really “green” things up around these parts! Lots of school news getting attention this Tuesday morning:
The Arkansas Board of Education has given three small school districts the green light to merge with larger districts.  The Delight and [...]

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The Marathon (and the Oscars, too)

March 8, 2010

If you thought the Academy Awards went on forever last night, there was a real marathon in town, too! That’s tops on the list of stories people are talking about around here today.
More than 1,500 runners completed the full 26.2 mile marathon route through the streets of Little Rock and North Little Rock, with many [...]

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Spring Has Sprung

March 5, 2010

It’s not officially Spring, but we’re looking at a really nice weekend and warm temperatures for the next week! The bulbs I planted last fall surprised us this week with some glorious blossoms and the grass is beginning to grow. With that in mind, let’s hit the headlines so we all have time to spend [...]

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Wild wines of the world coming to LR Zoo – You Rock

March 4, 2010

By Greg Geary
Susan Alturi, director of marketing and development for the Little Rock Zoo, is gearing up for the third annual Wild Wines of the World event Saturday, May 15 from 7-10 p.m.
Information from Alturi today says the event will be held on the zoo grounds and all proceeds will [...]

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It’s an imperative: March forth on March 4 – You Rock

March 4, 2010

By Greg Geary
Today is National Grammar Day. How can I forget Father Koch, my grade school English teacher at St. Casimir’s School in St. Louis, Missouri. “Subject, verb, object,” he would chant as he taught us the importance of diagramming sentences. He went through many pieces of chalk to get his point [...]

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The Big Trailer Exodus and Convenience Euthanasia

March 4, 2010

We’re headed toward the weekend with a warming trend in sight! What’s not to like about that?
There’s much to talk about this Thursday around Central Arkansas, including news about all those Katrina trailers around Hope, Arkansas.
Thousands of travel trailers and mobile homes will soon be shipped out to dealers across the country, after they were [...]

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Revenue Troubles and Tom Brokaw in Town

March 3, 2010

We’re still keeping our collective fingers crossed that spring is just around the corner. At least today dawned with sunshine and the promise of a slight warming trend. The midweek conversation around town produces a mixed-bag of information today.
State revenue dropped by $31 million in February, compared to last February. That leaves the state almost [...]

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It’s All About Power

March 2, 2010

Whether you’re talking political power or the power that lights your home, it’s making headlines around Arkansas today.
Entergy Arkansas is set to take on the Arkansas Public Service Commission. It’s a complicated legal issue, based on the PSC’s ruling that Entergy Arkansas should function as a standalone utility, separate from the Entergy Corporation system agreement.  [...]

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Halter Takes on Lincoln

March 1, 2010

Welcome to March! Our wicked weather month of February was a short one, thankfully.  Our quick survey of what folks are talking about this Monday turns first to politics:
Lt. Governor Bill Halter says he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Blanche Lincoln. Halter is the only Democrat to officially announce a challenge to [...]

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