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Feature: Inspiring Women

Talk to Stephanie Abernathy about her childhood, and it’s difficult to reconcile the tone of hope in her voice with the ugliness of her experiences. Photography by Cindy Momchilov   [pullquote]Photo above: Stephanie Abernathy, who is being honored for her volunteer work at the Benton County Children’s Advocacy Centers and First Lady Susan Hutchinson, the […]

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Feature: A Forgotten Population

Photography by Beth Hall and Janet Warlick   The Facts of the Matter [pullquote]Above Photo: Becky Shaffer (left) and Cassandra Webb at Saving Grace of Northwest Arkansas. Photograph by Beth Hall.[/pullquote]  for the most vulnerable members of our society, namely children, is a challenging task. The Children’s Bureau, an office of the U.S. Department of […]

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Feature: Practical Printing

College of the Ouachitas opens largest print farm in the world and transforms lives. Photography by Sara Blancett Reeves   of brightly colored plastic filament slowly spun. The plastic melted and extruded in each of the three-dimensional, or 3-D, printers working away at the College of the Ouachitas (COTO) in Malvern, Arkansas. The filament also […]

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Feature: 2015–2016 Best Doctors®

Choosing a healthcare professional can be overwhelming. Family and friends may give you conflicting opinions. The Best Doctors in America® list is an invaluable tool; it’s based on peer-to-peer reviews, and let’s face it: sometimes it takes one to know one. You’ll also find detailed profiles of several top physicians in the state in this […]

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Northwest Arkansas Children’s Museum Set to Amaze

Photography courtesy of Marshall, Dana Engelbert and Amazeum   into the woods in north Bentonville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has delighted guests from around the world wishing to see the fine art displayed in its galleries. And this month, a new museum is opening its doors with the goal of expanding young minds […]

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Feature: Connecting Communities

With its completion, northwest Arkansas’ Razorback Regional Greenway connects more than 100 miles of pedestrian and bike trails and links seven communities. Photographs courtesy of Northwest Arkansas Trails and Misty Murphy   the same time the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Ark., welcomed its first patrons, forward-thinkers in northwest Arkansas imagined a regional greenway that […]

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Feature: Hearts Healed Through Relay

Dr. Jamie Byrne-McCollum has served a number of roles with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and is the campus advisor for a Little Rock chapter of a college-based relay event. She had no idea, however, that decades later she’d still be participating, and for deeply personal reasons. Photography by Sara Blancett Reeves   […]

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Feature: Powerful Men 2015

One word to describe this year’s class of Powerful Men: impactful. No matter the category, these men effect change in their communities and in many cases the entire state. Ingenuity, hard work and a drive to succeed have all played a part in their accomplishments, and we predict their efforts will endure for generations.   […]

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Feature: Arkansas’ Best Lawyers®

AY is proud to sponsor the Arkansas Bar Association 117th Annual Meeting and presents a list of the state’s top attorneys chosen by their peers. Click to view the complete list from the June issue of AY.

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AY’s Best 2015: You Voted. We Listened.

best: adjective \’best\ superlative of good; excelling all others; most productive of good; offering or producing the greatest advantage, utility or satisfaction asked you, our readers, to tell us which restaurants, businesses, service providers, retailers and professionals — there are more than 100 categories — you deem the BEST. You responded resoundingly. This year’s BEST […]

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Feature: From the Delta to the Hills

Throughout the month of May, the Department of Arkansas Heritage, along with residents of Arkansas, will celebrate the natural and cultural beauty of our great state. Photography by Ashlee Nobel and courtesy of Department of Arkansas Heritage   [pullquote]Above Photo: Arkansas Heritage Month poster from 2010.[/pullquote] Heritage Month is an annual celebration led by the […]

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Feature: Designs & Dreams

The Designers Choice Fashion Preview supports Timmons Arts Foundation’s mission to help at-risk kids dream big about the arts. Photography by Cindy Momchilov :: Makeup by Tamara Thomas   the thing about kids and dreams, said Theresa Timmons-Shamberger, executive director of the Timmons Arts Foundation: You can tell children to “dream big,” but if they’ve […]

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