Recent stories by Bill Bowden
Mansion cook saw history in kitchen
Liza Ashley cooked for seven Arkansas governors -- from Francis Cherry to Bill Clinton.
"Nobody really becomes governor before taking the test of my old-fashioned chicken pie," she said in a 2004 spe...
November 18, 2020
Firefighters battling 'human-caused' blaze in Mountainburg area
Firefighters were working Monday to contain a 41-acre wildfire in the Ozark National Forest east of Mountainburg.
The "human-caused wildfire" started over the weekend at a hunter camp near the commun...
November 17, 2020
Gift to fund UAMS campus
EL DORADO — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $500,000 gift to create a regional campus in El Dorado. The donor asked to remain anonymous, according to a news release from...
November 14, 2020
Ad panel says job offered to finalist
The Fort Smith Advertising and Promotions Commission has offered the job of executive director to one of three finalists.
But in an email to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Thursday, a city official...
November 13, 2020
Gift to fund UAMS campus
EL DORADO -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $500,000 gift to create a regional campus in El Dorado. The donor asked to remain anonymous, according to a news release fro...
November 13, 2020
Missile silo, caboose added to historic list
LITTLE ROCK — A Titan II missile silo, the Snowball Gymnasium and a railroad caboose have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with a dozen other Arkansas properties.
The Sta...
November 13, 2020
UAMS plans regional campus in El Dorado
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $500,000 gift to support the creation of a new regional campus in El Dorado. The donor asked to remain anonymous, according to a news rel...
November 12, 2020
Missile silo, caboose added to historic list
LITTLE ROCK -- A Titan II missile silo, the Snowball Gymnasium and a railroad caboose have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with a dozen other Arkansas properties.
The Sta...
November 11, 2020
Diamond City gives its mayor heave-ho in Tuesday election
Diamond City voters have recalled Linda Miracle.
Miracle had been mayor since January 2019.
On Tuesday, voters ousted her from office.
The unofficial recall vote was 282-91.
Miracle has been a con...
November 8, 2020
Eureka Springs takes a pass on open-air alcohol zone
Eureka Springs voters rejected a permanent entertainment district on Tuesday.
The unofficial results were:
Against 641
For 518
In February, the Eureka Springs City Council passed an ordinance that...
November 6, 2020