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Arkansas Fishing Report

The sun was shining when we arrived at Mountain Harbor Spa and Resort on the shores of Lake Ouachita. A large smoker was billowing the aroma of barbecue into the air. That, plus the shade of oak trees and a covered porch, were enough to almost make us forget it was summer in Arkansas.

MOUNTAIN HARBOR -- Boarding schools are not always an option for children who come from less financially secure homes, but SpringBoard USA is working to help give them that option.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday she will appoint 17 outdoor recreation and business leaders to the Natural State Advisory Council to serve alongside the council's Chairman Bryan Sanders, who is the state's first gentleman.

OPINION | REX NELSON: A history of hospitality by Rex Nelson | Today at 1:47 a.m. By the 1930s, the era known as the Big Cut--which had begun in the 1880s as northern-owned companies moved into Arkansas to harvest virgin timber--was ending. In the pine-covered hills of southwest Arkansas, that meant a loss of jobs. Montgomery County had a population of 12,455 in the 1910 census. By the 1960 census, that number had dropped to 5,370. The closure of sawmills and the onset of the Great Depression led to thousands of people moving out of the area. It took the construction of Lake Ouachita to final...