Here’s a Monday open line plus some midday news and comment from my visit today to Mena.
They had a break room with wifi in the fine old WPA-era courthouse, so I gave it a shot on Facebook.
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News from Mena. They need some highway improvements badly because of dangerous truck traffic through town. And I was surprised to learn from local historian Harold Coogan that U.S. 71, a memorable nightmare drive with my dad 50 years ago, still numbers at least five of what you could functionally call one-lane bridges. Coogan has a bumper sticker that says, “Pray for Me. I drive U.S. 71.”