http://kkyr.com Today's New Country Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://kkyr.com/whistlestop-festival-in-ashdown-arkansas-will-feature-catfish-cookoff-may-10-11/ http://kkyr.com/whistlestop-festival-in-ashdown-arkansas-will-feature-catfish-cookoff-may-10-11/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:58:40 +0000 Mario Garcia http://kkyr.com/?p=213600 It might be chilly outdoors this weekend but hopefully next weekend things will be different when the "17th Annual Whistlestop Festival" returns to Ashdown, Arkansas May 10-11.

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]]> http://kkyr.com/no-water-millwood-state-park/feed/ 0 Millwood State Park http://kkyr.com/two-rivers-museum/ http://kkyr.com/two-rivers-museum/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:44 +0000 Jathan Fink http://kkyr.com/?p=117290 Located at the corner of Constitution Avenue and Main Street, the Two Rivers Museum welcomes visitors beneath a charming black sign with fanciful scrollwork. This place showcases the diverse story of a county caught between the Red and Little rivers, a community rich in history and abundant in earthy, hard-working people.

]]> http://kkyr.com/two-rivers-museum/feed/ 0 Jathan Fink/Townsquare Media http://kkyr.com/midsummer-art-show-ashdown/ http://kkyr.com/midsummer-art-show-ashdown/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:26 +0000 Jathan Fink http://kkyr.com/?p=117309 There’s something about the careful lines of a charcoal drawing, the expressive strokes of oil on canvas or the imaginative collaboration of mixed medium art that captures our imagination. Now is your chance to come connect with art on an emotional level during one of the biggest art shows in the region.

]]> http://kkyr.com/midsummer-art-show-ashdown/feed/ 0 Fuse http://kkyr.com/domtar-fortifies-the-fiber-of-ashdown-with-paper/ http://kkyr.com/domtar-fortifies-the-fiber-of-ashdown-with-paper/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Jathan Fink http://kkyr.com/?p=117158 The paper mill has been a part of Ashdown living since 1968. It provides jobs to residents within a 100-mile radius of the community and is a valued contributor to its economic growth. But as changing technology threatens the future of the paper industry, will Ashdown lose one of its biggest assets?

]]> http://kkyr.com/domtar-fortifies-the-fiber-of-ashdown-with-paper/feed/ 0 Domtar http://kkyr.com/ashdown-makes-readers-and-leaders-with-great-community-programming/ http://kkyr.com/ashdown-makes-readers-and-leaders-with-great-community-programming/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:05 +0000 Jathan Fink http://kkyr.com/?p=117437 Two women. Two missions. One town. The future of Ashdown, Ark. may lie in their hands.

]]> http://kkyr.com/ashdown-makes-readers-and-leaders-with-great-community-programming/feed/ 0 Little River Leadership Program Graduation, May 2012 (Photo courtesy Little River Chamber of Commerce) http://kkyr.com/herbs-ashdown/ http://kkyr.com/herbs-ashdown/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Jathan Fink http://kkyr.com/?p=117128 When Herb McCandless opened Herb’s Creamland in Ashdown, Ark. in 1954, he could not have known that he would fuel the heart and soul of his community, one meal at a time.

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