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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: The run on lithium demands Arkansas protect itself, its residents
"History is a vast early warning system."
Fran Alexander
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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Push for national park, preserve status misplaced; analyze ecosystem instead
When your cup runneth over, looketh out!
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Organization’s impact on water quality realized throughout the state
What's in a name? There is a lot to dig out of The Nature Conservancy's name, but by playing with Latin and joining "con," (meaning "together") and "serve" (me…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Some degraded prairie land being revived in Northwest Arkansas
"... European newcomers saw the land as an enemy to be vanquished. The Indians saw the prairie and forests as a benefactor, and they practiced a benign tenancy…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Rogers couple’s actions save historic prairie lands to give portal into what used to be
"Money wasn't as important to her as flowers."
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Arkansas 112 project creates concerns for Greathouse Spring
Roads shrouded by tree canopies, rock houses and spring-fed creeks of wading depth are some of my favorite things. All three merge into one special short stret…
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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Denele Campbell yields to the urge to write, preserving pieces of herself, the Ozarks
"Dedicated to the future, that we who live in these hills and valleys will always know what came before us."
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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Before the celebration of independence comes a lot of work
"He has to learn the force of air and the pull of wind and the feel of freedom."
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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Trash disposal challenges reignite mentions of incinerators, but those should be quickly doused
Why don't they just burn it?" some folks ask, mistakenly believing fire is the logical answer to trash accumulation, especially when landfills become mountains.
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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: A (wrong) way with words … absolutely
"Yeah, no, absolutely" is a response I've yet to translate into a logical answer for anything, but I'm trying. I understand that "yeah" means "yes," and the ad…
