Ann Kenda
ReporterAnn Kenda joined Arkansas Public Media in January 2017 from Sudbury, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and previously worked in public radio, commercial radio and newspaper in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She focuses on health, justice, education and energy as part of the Arkansas Public Media team. Her stories can be found on the airwaves, ArkansasPublicMedia.org and social media.
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At the food pantry in Cherry Valley in rural Northeast Arkansas, clients start lining up hours before its 10am opening. The pantry is open every Tuesday…
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Arkansas’s agricultural producers are reacting to recent trade trouble between the U.S. and China. While analysts have stopped short of calling it a trade…
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Farmers around Arkansas are feeling optimistic about the chances of corn producing a healthy harvest this year. Nationally, corn hit a record yield in…
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Arkansas farmers who grew cotton in 2017 will be getting rebate checks this spring from a boll weevil eradication program that’s been considered a…
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Students and adults in Jonesboro joined the crowds elsewhere in the state and the nation on Saturday for a March for Our Lives protest demanding gun…
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Jonesboro is marking a grim anniversary March 24 — 20 years ago two children shot and killed five people outside Westside Middle School. The shootings…
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At the 90-year-old Coker-Hampton Drug Company in downtown Stuttgart, the pharmacist and owner of the last 25 years, James Bethea, is deeply concerned…
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Arkansas’s cotton farmers are looking forward to the growing season with some optimism that the fluffiest of crops will continue to experience a…
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Lawmakers are expected to begin work next month on the sweeping legislation known as the Farm Bill. The bill covers dozens of nutrition, agricultural and…
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Arkansas’s health groups are reacting to corrective statements the tobacco industry began airing on network TV in late November with some optimism that…