By Antoinette Grajeda | Deputy Editor
Good morning, Advocate readers!
Clarksville residents are seeking answers about a data center being constructed near the local hospital. And the editor’s commentary this week looks at backlash to Arkansas TV’s removal of a PBS program.
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The construction site for the Serverfarm data center in Clarksville, Arkansas on July 13, 2026. Construction on it began earlier this year. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
The groundwork for a data center project in Clarksville was laid quietly in 2022, and with the support of local officials — and an initial lack of public pushback — it has progressed steadily through various zoning and city council approvals without much controversy.
People gather near the scene of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti on Jan. 24, 2026, the third shooting in as many weeks. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ariana Figueroa
Since Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, where he promised to carry out an aggressive immigration crackdown, federal immigration officers have killed six people, three of them U.S. citizens. Four deaths came during traffic stops.
Supporters of PBS held up signs at the Arkansas TV commission meeting held on Thursday, March 12, 2026 in Conway, Arkansas. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
COMMENTARY
By Andrew DeMillo
Arkansas TV’s decision to remove one PBS news program from its lineup and reschedule another is going to make it harder for Arkansans to trust the public television network’s leadership.
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