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July 2010

• Catch Justin Bieber Thursday at Verizon Arena
• Must See Monday: MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
• Geocaching Friday: By the Numbers!
• Last-Minute Idea: Ding Dong Days in Dumas
• Arkansas Trivia Route Two -- Answers
• Test Your Knowledge: Arkansas Trivia Round 2
• Revisit the Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole in Central Arkansas
• The 90th Annual Independence County Fair Starts Today!
• Arkansas Tourism Launches Green Travel Site
• Must See Monday: The Last Rodeo Tour
• Free Friday: Little Rock Central High Visitor Center
• Geocaching Friday: A New GRR Cache...and Another Favorite!
• Arkansas Trivia: Answers
• Arkansas Trivia: Test Your Knowledge!
• Benton’s Gann Museum: An Arkansas One-of-a-Kind
• Must See Monday: Revisiting an Old Favorite – Historic Arkansas Museum
• Geocaching Friday: Desha County
• Beat the Heat with a Soda Fountain Treat!
• Looking for a Travel Deal? Try Affordable Arkansas!
• UPDATE: Country Music Star Joe Nichols Performs for a Good Cause
• Summer Camps for Kids Still Available in Little Rock
• Last-Minute Idea: Freedom Fest in West Memphis
• Geocaching Friday: A Few of My Favorite Caches...Part Deux!
• FREE FRIDAY: Celebrate the Holiday and Good Food at the Argenta Foodie Festival
• Corps Offers Holiday Lock Tours at Some Arkansas River Locks and Dams

June 2010

• Long-Time Events Celebrate the Fourth
• Corps Urges Water Safety During Holiday Weekend
• Summertime Swimming in Arkansas
• Museum Monday: Jacksonport State Park Offering Programs on Saturday
• MUST SEE MONDAYS: Central Arkansas Nature Center
• Events Ahead: Celebrating the Fourth of July
• Friday Roundup: Fort Smith Blues & Haunts
• FREE FRIDAY: Plantation Agriculture Museum Throws a Party
• Heart Healthy: Arkansas Farmers Markets
• Being Safe on Arkansas Waters
• Mountain Home's Red, White & Blue Festival is This Weekend
• Back to Nature: Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival
• More Accolades for Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
• Kris Allen, Arkansas's American Idol
• Events Ahead: War Eagle Bridge Closes for Repairs, Mill Still Open
• Big Money and Big Bass Take Center Stage this Weekend
• FREE FRIDAY: Juneteenth Celebration at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
• Heart Healthy: The Jasper Disaster. Are You Up for the Challenge?
• Archeological Survey Taking Place at Toltec Mounds
• Little Rock Event Celebrates Juneteenth
• Back to Nature: Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza Fishing Tournament is June 25-27
• Museum Monday: History Summer Camps at OIRM
• Must See Monday: Three Weeks Left to See World of the Pharaohs!
• Free Friday: Free Fishing Weekend
• Public Invited to Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library 100th Birthday Celebration
• Arkansas Trails Day Salutes the Great Outdoors
• Heart Healthy: XTERRA Not for the Faint of Heart
• 25th Ice Cream Social This Weekend in Berryville
• 2010 Season of Movies in the Park Begins Tonight
• Back to Nature: Free Fishing Days
• Free Arts and Crafts Summer Camp at Mosaic Templars Center
• Museum Monday: Upcoming Events at the Lower White River Museum State Park
• Free Friday: La Petite Roche and Water Fun in Downtown Little Rock
• Back to Nature: The Blight of the Ozark Chinquapin

May 2010

• Send us your Arkansas Memorial Day Photos!
• Back to Nature: Blanchard Springs and Recreation Area is a Must See
• Back to Nature: Elk Conservacation in Boxley Valley
• New Seismic Station at Hobbs Recording Recent Earthquakes In Benton County
• Heart Healthy: Hike Kings River Falls Natural Area
• Back to Nature: Cave Closings and Tour Caves that Are Open
• Events Ahead: Third Friday Twilight Walk in Rogers
• Must See Monday: Little Rock’s River Market
• Weekend Idea: The 21st Annual Loose Caboose Festival
• Free Fridays: Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
• Family Fitness Fun in Little Rock
• The Arts: Fayetteville Trail Mix Concert Tour
• Strawberries! Succulent Strawberries!
• Back to Nature: Lake Leatherwood Park
• Original Arkansas Art and Organic Produce Market Begins May 15
• Museum Monday: Arkansas Heritage Month
• Learn the Secrets of Alice's Wonderland
• Friday Roundup: Arkansas Missouri Railroad National Train Day
• This Weekend in the Arkansas Delta
• The Arts: Bentonville First Friday
• Enjoy National Train Day by Riding the Rails
• Celebrating National Train Day at the Arkansas Railroad Museum!
• Drive-In Movies are Back in Little Rock
• Back to Nature: Kayaking 101
• Food, Festivities & Fun at Greek Food Fest
• Museum Monday: Arkansas Post Museum State Park

April 2010

• Heart Healthy: Canoeing and Cycling
• Cultural Extravaganza in Little Rock
• Back to Nature: Lake Fort Smith State Park
• Museum Monday: The Arkansas State University Museum
• It’s Toad Suck Daze Time in Arkansas
• Events Ahead: May Festival of the Arts in Eureka Springs
• Geocaching Friday: Batesville
• Friday Roundup: Ozark Medieval Fortress Opens May 1 in Arkansas
• Helping History this Saturday in Jacksonville
• Historic Engine 844 Visits North Little Rock This Thursday
• Events Ahead: Springfest 2010 in Heber Springs
• Legendary Hot Dogs Shine in
  Little Rock and North Little Rock
• Geocaching Friday: A Few of My Favorite Caches
• Back to Nature: Beginning Backpacking Training Offered at Hobbs
• Celebrate Mother’s Day with An Historic Homes Tour
• Back to Nature: Drewry Farm and Orchards in Russellville
• Events Ahead: Arkansas Folk Festival
• Friday Roundup: Fort Smith's Heritage Festival is April 10
• Little Rock One of America’s Top 50
  Bike-Friendly Cities
• Back to Nature: Scuba Diving Norfork Lake
• Saline Summer Daze Welcomes Kris Allen Home
• Conway Silver Moon Cinema Schedule Set
• Geocaching Friday: A Caching Primer
• Friday Roundup: Retrograde Amusement Park Reopens Today
• Fayetteville First Thursday Art Expansion
• Heart Healthy: Devil’s Den Mountain Bike Festival

March 2010

• Calling All NASCAR Fans!!!
• Back to Nature: The New Kings River Preserve
• Getting Ready for Tour de Rock
• Events Ahead: WRI. This is No Stuffy Institute
• Friday Roundup: Guest Rooms Reopen at Mather Lodge
• Heart Healthy: Hike Bear Hollow
• Wildwood Park for the Arts BLOOMS! This Spring
• Wye Mountain Daffodil Alert! UPDATE!!!!
• An Underground Castle
• Back to Nature: Lock Tour or Herbs
• Spring Garden Bloom Alert!!
• Events Ahead: Kites, Scavenger Hunt & Butterflies
• Museum Monday: Pine Bluff
• Friday Roundup: Ghostly Business
• Geocaching Friday: GPS Adventures Arkansas and Geocaching in Union County
• Spring Break Activities at Eastern Arkansas's Arkansas State Parks
• Back to Nature: Meet Mother Nature at Hobbs
• Archeology Month in Arkansas
• Friday Roundup: Spring, Rain and Waterfalls
• Geocaching Friday: Wynne
• Heart Healthy: Dripping Springs Hike
• Geocaching Friday: Searcy
• Heart Healthy: Highpoint Hike
• Events Ahead: Fire and Snakes at Hobbs State Park - Conservation Area

February 2010

• Geocaching Friday: Arkansas State Parks ParkCache Program
• Friday Roundup: Anime Comes to Bentonville
• Back to Nature: Guided Hikes On and Off the Beaten Path
• Museum Monday: The Old Independence Regional Museum
• Events Ahead: Spring Break
• Friday Roundup: Buy a Season Pass to Ozark Folk Center
• Heart Healthy: Races for Runners, Walkers & Bikers
• Back to Nature: Wild Cave Tour
• Geocaching Friday: Rohwer and Jerome
• Friday Roundup: Coen Brothers To Remake "True Grit"
• Honor President’s Day by Visiting a Presidential Place
• Heart Healthy: Find a Trail
• 2010 Riverfest Changes
• Back to Nature: Love for Arkansas State Parks
• Museum Monday: The Mark Martin Museum
• Events Ahead: Tyson Invitational
• TGIF: Let's Get Artsy
• Geocaching Friday: Pocahontas
• Heart Healthy: Spring Lake Trail and Oakridge Mountain Bike Trail
• Celebrate 100 Years of Boys Scouts
• Back to Nature: Migrating Birds at Mount Nebo

January 2010

• Friday Roundup: Preservation in Boxley and at Shiloh Museum
• Heart Healthy: Devil’s Den State Park
• Back to Nature: Submit a Landscape Photo to Crystal Bridges at the Massey
• America's Boating Course Offered
• Events Ahead: Navigation and Eagle Watching
• Heart Healthy: Bentonville Half Marathon
• Heart Healthy: Battlefield Walking Tour
• Wonders of Winter Wildlife
• Concert in the Caverns
• Friday Roundup
• Heart Healthy: Meadow Brook Self-Guided Trail
• Back to Nature: Eagle Awareness Weekend

December 2009

• Lighting Up the Holidays
• Museum Day Camps During the Holiday Break
• Daisy National BB Gun Championship to be Held in Rogers
• Aviation Cadet Museum Worth a Visit in Eureka Springs
• Conway is Ablaze for the Holidays

November 2009

• The Fine Art of Finding Diamonds
• NLR named Bicycle Friendly Community
• Rare Excavation at Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park

October 2009

• Celebrating Hazen's Farming Heritage
• Bloody Barn and Haunted Hayride
• Civil War Event Planned for Next Weekend In El Dorado
• Celebrating October Feast at Whitton Farms
• Conway Celebrates the Arts
• Visit Elm Springs This Weekend
• Lumberjack Championships in Sheridan
• Famers Market Bryant, AR

September 2009

• Learning about Stuff
• Bring Your Appetite to Fall Foodie Fest
• MusicFest this weekend in El Dorado
• Maynard Celebrates Gospel Music and the Pioneer Lifestyle
• Arkansas Equestrian Gathering
• Hot Air Balloons and Big Smith
• Eureka Springs Christmas Giveaway
• It's Fair Time!

August 2009

• Hunter Safety Training
• It’s Razorback Kick-Off Time in Little Rock!
• Comedy Show at Historic Malco
• History of Timberlands Preserved at Grant County Museum
• Free swimming and boat launching at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sites in Arkansas

July 2009

• Rodeo Time in Crossett
• Eureka Springs Family Bluegrass Weekend
• Showdown at Sunset
• Experiencing Delta Heritage Trail State Park by Bike and Kayak
• Historic Helena to Unveil Civil War Interpretive Plan on Saturday
• New Law Affects Use of Personal Watercraft on Arkansas Lakes and Rivers
• Tougher “Click it or Ticket” Law Now in Effect

June 2009

• A July Fourth Free Foodie Fest
• Malvern Hosts 29th Brickfest
• Showdown at Sunset Reenactment This Saturday in El Dorado
• Rededication of 1850 Leak Ingham Building in Camden
• Native American Pow Wow
• Shopping and Eating Fresh in The Natural State
• New Evans Children's Adventure Garden Opens at Garvan Gardens
• PurpleHull Peas Focus of Emerson Event June 26-27
• Chrome Art and History on Wheels
• A Pre-Historic Visitor Comes to the Lower White River Museum State Park in Des Arc
• Juneteenth Celebration in Fort Smith
• Little Clifty Loop Now Open on Hobbs

May 2009

• Mena Hosts Lum & Abner Festival
• Maritime Museum Open Longer for Summer
• Bandits, Badges & Bars
• New Heifer Village Opens June 5
• Explore Ancient Egypt at the Arkansas Arts Center
• Crawdad Days Festival
• GPS Adventure Comes to Smackover
• Hammer-In Is Fun for All
• Art and Music at Terra Studios

April 2009

• Springhill Park Fishing Derby
• Fish, Food and Fun in Mountain Home This Weekend
• 35 Years of Fresh Produce at Little Rock Farmers Market
• Earth Day Celebration
• Cotter Trout Festival

March 2009

• Easter Family Festival at The Clinton Presidential Center
• Let’s Go Fly a Kite, Up to the Highest Heights
• Historic Slumber Party
• A Stop in Smackover

February 2009

• Camden Daffodil Festival
• Get a Golden Ticket to the Chocolate Festival

January 2009

• A Great River Road Geocache Adventure
• Eagles Et Cetera Festival

December 2008

• 22nd Annual Christmas and Candlelight
• Civil War Re-enactment
• State's Largest Christmas Parade Set for Dec. 6

November 2008

• It’s the Holiday Season in Arkansas
• Time to Hit the Ice

October 2008

• New Multi-Use Trail Unveiled at White Oak S.P.
• The Wonders of Autumn in Arkansas

September 2008

• Pumpkins, Gourds and Corn Mazes Announce the Arrival of Fall at Pumpkin Hollow
• History Preserved One Piece at a Time

August 2008

• Turtles Breathe Through Their What?
• Mississippi River Flood Exhibit Takes Center Stage at DCC
• Retrograde Amusement Park

July 2008

• Friday Night Fun in Downtown Batesville

June 2008

• Horseshoe Lake Celebrates Independence Day
• The Pink Tomato Festival

May 2008

• Lake Fort Smith State Park Now Open

April 2008

• And I Got to Pet a Pot-Bellied Pig!

March 2008

• Swiss Family Bistro Great Stop on the Road

February 2008

• Celebrate Presidents' Day with Moon Pie and RC-Cola

January 2008

• Hot Springs Names Country Singer Tracy Byrd Celebrity Spokesman
• Art and History on Wheels

December 2007

• Much More Than Bluebirds of Happiness

September 2007

• Frolicking Fall Festivals

August 2007

• Fields of "Snow"

July 2007

• Awe Inspiring Underground
• Dumas Returns with Ding Dong Days
• State In Line for New Wildlife Preserve

June 2007

• Daisy Airgun Museum

May 2007

• Wegner's Ignites Interest in Crystals
• Interactive Nature Center is Playground for Kids of All Ages

March 2007

• Pass It Down: Don’t Just Cherish Your Family Traditions as Memories