There are 11 article(s) tagged Ward Archer:

• July 2026

  • Memphis Magazine, Flyer join Seattle-based media network

    Seattle-based Noisy Creek owns six publications nationwide, including Seattle’s The Stranger, the Portland Mercury, the Chicago Reader and the Anchorage Press.

    By Noah McLane July 23, 2026

• October 2023

  • From Tehran to Memphis, Lily Afshar left a musical legacy

    Born in Iran but receiving much of her formal training in the U.S., she was a classical guitarist recognized across the world and spent 34 years on the University of Memphis music school’s faculty.

    By Don Wade October 26, 2023

• July 2023

  • Protect Our Aquifer hires first science director

    “The hope is to get the public even more involved to understand and appreciate their drinking water source,” said Scott Schoefernacker. 

    By Keely Brewer July 24, 2023

• March 2023

  • Ward Archer on the aquifer, local media and independent music

    Ward Archer joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about some of the projects and companies he’s involved in, from Protect Our Aquifer to Archer Records to Contemporary Media. 

    By Eric Barnes March 03, 2023

• November 2021

  • Final votes on two pipeline ordinances delayed amid protests

    The Memphis City Council will take up the pipeline ordinances in two weeks after legalese and other factors led to to raucous environment at City Hall.

    By Bill Dries November 02, 2021

• July 2021

  • Out of the pipeline: The city’s water movement and how it evolved

    The Byhalia Connection Pipeline is over but a burgeoning environmental movement, with the city’s underground water aquifer at its center, remains. The road to that movement began with the rise of the city’s new activism several years ago, with some unexpected twists and turns along the way.

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    By Bill Dries July 12, 2021

• May 2021

  • Protect Our Aquifer hires ‘water warrior’ as new leader

    Sarah Houston, who has devoted her career to water resource management and protection, will lead Protect Our Aquifer as the nonprofit group enters a new phase of its existence.

    By Blake Fontenay May 28, 2021

• November 2020

  • Protect Our Aquifer taps Jim Kovarik as executive director

    Protect Our Aquifer, which is dedicated to protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides the region with drinking water, has hired its first executive director, Jim Kovarik.

    By Wayne Risher November 10, 2020

• December 2019

  • Concert spotlights awareness for Memphis’ drinking water

    Entertainment lawyer Bruce Newman’s annual benefit concert will support Protect Our Aquifer. Musicians Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster and Dom Flemons are among the performers.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019

• June 2019

  • Short-term aquifer effort moves to long-term objectives

    As a University of Memphis effort to better map the Memphis aquifer's breaches gets underway, others calling attention to threats to the underground water source want to see a groundwater authority for the region.

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2019

• December 2018

  • Latest Acoustic Sunday Live features Bobby Rush, benefits Protect Our Aquifer

    Bobby Rush is playing a Memphis benefit concert in a little more than a week’s time. The beneficiary of the concert: a nonprofit with the mission to create an entity that will monitor and manage the Memphis Sand Aquifer in Shelby County. The aquifer is the source of Memphis’ drinking water.

    By Elle Perry December 08, 2018