Rex Nelson | Staff

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Recent stories by Rex Nelson

OPINION | REX NELSON: Letters to Dan Don House has spent four decades photographing and writing about the Arkansas Ozarks. From his base in Hazel Valley in rural Washington County, he has explored everything from abandoned cemeteries to ... May 31, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: Mike Trimble’s magic I'm among that fortunate group of Arkansans who read Mike Trimble's stories and columns in the Arkansas Gazette. Running out to the driveway to pick up that morning's Gazette was part of m... May 28, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: Celebrating Arkansas pie It's a beautiful spring Saturday, and I'm eating pie. Not just one piece of pie, mind you. A lot of pie.The occasion is the third annual Arkansas Pie Festival at Cherokee Village, and I'm ... May 27, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: The truck won I took on a pickup in Atlanta, and the truck won.Our family was in Georgia for a festive series of events. My son Evan was receiving a law degree and an MBA from highly regarded Emory University follo... May 24, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: Spring at Poison Spring The south Arkansas woods were filled with gunfire on that spring day in 1864 as Confederate troops ambushed a Union foraging expedition at a place called Poison Spring. In a war known for its atrociti... May 21, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: The visionaries In retrospect, it's clear that former Pulaski County Judge Floyd G."Buddy" Villines was a visionary. Villines was county judge for 24 years, serving until the end of 2014. He was a maste... May 20, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: The sweet life It's fitting that Shelley Short, president and CEO of the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance, is ordering something sweet with her coffee during our meeting at JavaPrimo in downtow... May 17, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: The new Henderson Chuck Ambrose, chancellor of Henderson State University at Arkadelphia, is impressed by the resilience of his students."They went through a pandemic and fiscal crisis at this school," Ambros... May 14, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: Back from the grave It's time for my interview with Henderson State University Chancellor Chuck Ambrose, but something has slowed us down. It's the first day of March Madness, and the 13th-seeded Furman Paladins ... May 13, 2023

OPINION | REX NELSON: Mountain of opportunity It's time to escape Little Rock and celebrate the fact that legislators have gone home following a session that could only be described as divisive and mean. I'm spending the day atop Petit Je... May 10, 2023