🏆 Onyx Coffee Lab was named a finalist for Outstanding Bar, and Jason Paul of Heirloom at The 1907 is a finalist for Best Chef: South in the 2026 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards. (Eater)
🚨 The Arkansas attorney general's office will fund two additional vending machines at the University of Arkansas to dispense naloxone, a treatment drug for fentanyl or opioid overdoses. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
🚔 State House of Representatives Speaker Brian Evans (R-Cabot) said the proposed 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County is unlikely to be a part of lawmakers' agenda during the state's fiscal session, which begins next week. (Arkansas Advocate)
Quote du jour:
"We had seen this great revitalization downtown and many, many houses coming up. We thought we could contribute to that effort."
— Rod Bigelow, executive director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, on his home designed by Marlon Blackwell (New York Times gift link)
