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Arkansas's Pack Shack puts a new spin on fighting food insecurity | 5NEWS hands-on report
CAVE SPRINGS, Ark. — A local non-profit called Pack Shack is on a mission to end food insecurity, as over 16% of Arkansans worry about where their next meal will come from, according to Grant Clemens with Pack Shack. “Our mission is to supply provisions and opportunities for local...
An unexpected gesture of kindness lifts grieving barista
A Starbucks barista in Little Rock, Arkansas, had a memorable shift last month thanks to her cheerful demeanor and the kindness of a customer.Courtney Crawford was working an early morning shift at the coffee shop when a customer who seemed to be having a rough start to the day came.Determined to lift the customer's spirits, Crawford managed to put a smile on the woman's face. This simple act sparked an unexpected and profound gesture of gratitude.In a video she posted on social media, Crawford said the customer left her a note – signed "the Groggy Woman at 5 a.m." –...
Canoo drops Arkansas from operations list
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo Technologies announced in November 2021 that it was moving its corporate headquarters from Texas to Bentonville and planning a research and technology center in Fayetteville. “These and other investments will bring at least 545 high paying jobs to Benton and Washington counties,”...
What Are the Nation’s Hardest-Drinking Counties?
It’s been over 90 years since Prohibition was repealed, and yet even now, alcohol consumption differs radically from state to state. A Bitter Southerner article from 2021 pointed out that almost half of Arkansas’s counties are dry, for instance; a few years earlier, The Economist estimated that 18,000,000 Americans live in counties where alcohol is illegal. Selling alcohol is one thing, though — consuming it is another.
Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission Goes to D.C. for native figure to be honored at U.S. Capitol
Early Sunday morning, the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission traveled to Washington DC for its 2024 Dream Keepers Anti-bullying Tour and to honor a new statue of Daisy Bates representing Arkansas that will be placed at the U.S. Capitol.
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