November 2022

LIGHTNIN’ RIDGE

One of the things I hate most about deer season is the combination of long-range rifles and alcohol. In the night before the season opener, liquor stores do business with hunters that exceeds any night of the year.
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Shop Local for the Holidays

Small, local businesses have struggled for more than a year as COVID has changed the economy. The holidays are a great time to drive home the idea that shopping local is important to your community. Our Shop Local for the Holidays sections has ideas for ways consumers can spend their money locally this year, from patronizing retailers to restaurants to local artists.
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VETERAN OF THE WEEK

Hospice of the Ozarks provides many services to patients and their loved ones at some of the most difficult times of their lives. Palliative and endof- life care is customarily thought of.
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FIRST DISTRICT

America is exceptional, and that’s something we must never forget. But for the past two years, the Biden Administration and a Democrat-led Congress have failed to keep their promises about uniting the American people and bringing in an era of quiet and competent leadership.
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CAPITOL DISCUSSION

There’s an event in our nation’s past that, though catastrophic and heartbreaking, hasn’t ever received the attention it truly deserves. For Arkansans, it should be something we learn about thoroughly and feel connected to perhaps more than most of the other dates and milestones we read in textbooks and hear about from educators.
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STATE CAPITOL WEEK IN REVIEW

LITTLE ROCK – Funds are now available from the settlement of a massive lawsuit against opioid distributors and will be awarded to projects that have demonstrated effectiveness in combating the abuse of painkillers. The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership has set up a website with information about how to apply.
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