by Lisa Fischer It may also surprise you to find out that this year marks 45 years in business for the locally-owned garden center. Gregg Curtis, along with his wife Julie, has owned The Good Earth for half its life. The two can share many heartwarming stories from over the years. And with these…
by Dwain Hebda // Photos by Jamison Mosley CHICKEN WINGS The story of the underdog is true Americana. Whatever else one might think of the United States, there’s no denying we are a nation knitted of the rags-to-riches success stories that abound in our history. From countless immigrants, like steel magnate and…
My three-year anniversary with Vowell, Inc. as publisher isn’t until February, but I gotta tell you. In three short years, our team has rebranded, redesigned and added impressive new concepts to the magazine. One of the new additions is AY’s “Intriguing Women” feature. You can imagine how thrilled the 40 women were to know they were…
by Dustin Jayroe “Goats and shows, goats and shows, gotta have me my goats and…” I digress. Although, I am not sure if I should. Autumn is back in full swing, which means a couple of things, at least for me — sweater weather is finally back and there is a “goatload” (couldn’t resist)…
by Ryan Nix // Photography by Jamison Mosley In the past few months, our country has been a hotbed of turmoil. Shocking violence, natural disasters, measles outbreaks, Joe Biden planning to educate our children with vinyl records while President Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland and launching nukes at hurricanes had me desperate for…
by Joe David Rice // Photos Provided by Casey Crocker, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Progress is good, I’m told. That may be true, but I still lament the loss of certain features that used to be common across Arkansas’ landscapes. Swinging bridges, for instance, are increasingly rare, as are grist mills. The…
by Joe David Rice Cryptozoologists have been busy in recent years. They’ve traveled to Nepal and Tibet hoping to track down the Abominable Snowman, to Scotland looking for its Loch Ness Monster and to the Pacific Northwest seeking Bigfoot. A select few have spent time in Arkansas searching for two similarly elusive creatures. One,…
by Jeanni Brosius // Photo by Jamison Mosley Kathy Bryan, 53, of Heber Springs, counts herself among the survivors of modern-day slavery. As a young teen, she was groomed for exploitation. Now, she is the director of operations for the Rebecca Bender Initiative — the nonprofit awareness campaign of fellow survivor, award-winning social entrepreneur, author…
by Courtney Lanning A strong economy in the Natural State means good times for the construction industry, and it’s not a bad time for the real estate market, either. AY About You spoke with different Realtors who have all confirmed the state of real estate in Arkansas’ three metro regions (Northwest, Northeast, and central…
by Janie Jones On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old friends — Chris Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch — went missing from a 4-acre forested area of West Memphis known as Robin Hood Hills. Witnesses said they had seen the boys going toward the woods between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Michael was riding his bicycle while…
