Opinion

I’m continually amazed by the amount of numbers and the number of events there are here in Carroll County. September seems to be especially busy, with Agri Days in Green Forest, the Berryville Film Festival, Jeep Jam in Eureka Springs, Pioneer Days in Berryville and the annual induction ceremony for the Berryville Athletic Hall of Fame.

Is this the year that Carroll County’s two high school football teams turn the corner and become legitimate playoff contenders? It’s too early to make that kind of declaration, but fans of the Berryville Bobcats and the Green Forest Tigers have to be thrilled with what their teams accomplished last week.

The inmate population in Arkansas prisons will grow by an estimated 2 percent a year until 2035, according to an expert’s presentation at a conference of county officials, sheriffs, prison administrators and lawmakers.

Love it or hate it, the LEARNS Act is one of the most consequential laws passed in Arkansas in decades. Not surprisingly, people are suing to stop it.

The director of the state Division of Children and Family Services told lawmakers that much of the agency’s improvements in recent years is because of greater involvement on the part of faith-based groups, churches and private sector organizations.

The national debt reached a new milestone this week. Did anybody notice?

Alaw that took effect Aug. 5 will allow Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to start setting execution dates for the men on Arkansas’ Death Row. She will have a unique perspective on the death penalty, considering her father carried out the task 16 times.

Being a University of Arkansas football fan can be a frustrating experience. That was certainly the case last year, despite the fact that the Razorbacks finished the 2024 season with a winning record at 7-6.

Last Friday, I attended an event at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain.