September 2024

Trails across America

Stunning sunsets across expanses of rice fields, anticipating the vistas of open cotton at sunset, interesting and hospitable people along the route, in Arkansas plenty of fresh, clean water, and an “intimate relationship with wildlife” like the tiny red terrors called chiggers and the dastardly dark seed ticks, the Josh White family has im-mersed itself into America’s natural beauty and varying landscape. The family told of some of their exploits as they met new friends along the way.

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BRAD assistance program to close

Black River Area Development Corporation has announced the Summer Entergy Assistance Program will close Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Program coordinators report applications for Summer Energy Assistance will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays. In turn, the applications will be processed until it appears the funds have been fully depleted.

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