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Dalaney Thomas, an account manager at the CJRW advertising agency for Arkansas tourism and the Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, will serve as the new director of tourism at the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday.
Tourism is a $9.2 billion industry in Arkansas, and more than 48 million people visited the state last year, according to the state Department of Parks, Heritage & Tourism.
Catherine Anne Grant and Joel Douglass Harris exchanged marriage vows at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, in an intimate ceremony in front of the fountain at the Old Statehouse Museum. Elizabeth Cox, sister of the bride, officiated.
For three days last week, Little Rock became arguably one of the most litigious cities in the nation, as 47 teams of high school students from 44 states, the Northern Mariana Islands and South Korea converged on the capital city in hopes of taking home the prize of being named the top trial team in the nation.