In this special year-end issue of Arkansas Publisher Weekly, we remember those connected to APA and Arkansas journalism who died in 2024 and whose legacies will live on through the lives they touched. Many of the fallen journalists have helped set up the structure of Journalism in Arkansas. These journalists will be missed as well as their contributions.
Baxter Health is pleased to welcome Debra Wilhite, APRN, to Baxter Health Cardiovascular Clinic. She is a board-certified nurse practitioner practicing alongside Dr. Zaid Alirhayim, Dr. Michael Camp, Dr. Akihiro Kobayashi, Dr. Jamon Pruitt, Dr. Patrick Tobbia, Dr. Otis Warr, and nurse practitioners Denise Beeson and Leah Fountain.
Baxter Health is proud to welcome Jamie Leach, LMSW, as the Behavioral Health and Community Relations Specialist. Jamie brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to supporting the mental and emotional well-being of our community.
It began to rain lightly at first. But from the dark clouds building to the northwest, I knew what was coming.
The 2024 December count of 153,423 mallards in the Arkansas Delta region was almost double the total from the same time last year but was still well below the 2009-2024 December long-term average in estimates made from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s December Aerial Survey, conducted Dec. 9-13.
The featured cat is a youngster named Enzo. He arrived late last September when he was found dumped near a couple’s home. He is about 7 months old now and is a very sweet black and white tuxedo. He is not too vocal and gets along with the others in the Cattery. We’re not sure how he is with dogs.
Hard to believe 2024 is almost over. It has been an unusually busy year for the Shelter since we have started participating in the Bissell Fix the Future Program.
Edward Michael Freeman, 82, Bella Vista, November 13. A lifelong newspaperman, Freeman began his career at the Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama before becoming editor of The Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jessie Elizabeth Christner Bain, 99, Hot Springs, September 30. A native of Flint, Michigan, Bain retired from The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs, where she worked for many years in the advertising department.
Rose Clemmons Gladner, 60, Hot Springs, July 30. The wife of Arkansas Broadcasters Association Executive Director Neal Gladner, Gladner worked for nearly 30 years in sales, mainly in print and broadcast media.