Second High School Forums Planned
Bentonville School Board members will host a series of public forums over the next two weeks to get feedback on building a second high school.
View ArticleLocals Ponder Immigration Reform
Rogers resident Leonel Salazar, born in Mexico, works legally in the United States but just barely.
View ArticleBusiness Owners Concerned About Walnut Work
Angela Rose is worried about her patients. Bill Layton will only have two customer parking spaces and Dawn Valdez is worried potential customers won’t be able to see her business.
View ArticleRunners Dodge Rain
Even in a crowd of people dressed mostly in pink, Candyce Hinkle was hard to miss on Saturday.
View ArticleGovernor’s appointments
Gov. Mike Beebe announced the following appointments to boards and commissions Wednesday: Greg Revels, De Queen, appointed to the Arkansas Higher Education Board for a term expiring May 1, 2018,...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Famed feminist, editor of Ms. magazine YONKERS, N.Y. — Prominent feminist Mary Thom, a writer and former editor of Ms. magazine who also was an avid motorcyclist, crashed while riding on a highway and...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It encourages students to do their very best, to concentrate on their grades, to be cognizant of the grades they had last semester. It gives us something to motivate students with a...
View ArticleFilm focuses on Arkansas photographer
The Fayetteville Public Library will host a free screening of the documentary Disfarmer : A Portrait of America at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleSpot on lottery panel filled
Senate President Pro Tempore Michael Lamoureux appointed a spokesman for Sam’s Club to the Arkansas Lottery Commission, Lamoureux said Tuesday.
View ArticleRESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: April 29
Information is from state Health Department records. Restaurants are listed in order of inspection date. All reports are from regular food service food store inspections unless otherwise noted.
View ArticleMARRIAGE LICENSES: April 29
April 18 Cody Dale Calcott, 26, and Brandi Kathryn Randel, 25, both of Siloam Springs
View ArticleBUILDING PERMITS: April 29
Building permits issued in March for Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale on projects valued at $75,000 or more:
View ArticleRECORDS: April 29
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office William Douglas Hibbard, 28, of 307 S. Main in Bentonville was arrested Saturday in connection with felony domestic battering in the second degree.
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: April 29
Today 9 a.m. Benton County Election Commission — 1204 SW 14th St., Suite 6, Bentonville
View ArticleBuilding Permits Up
Northwest Arkansas’s four biggest cities issued 23 percent more building permits in the first three months of this year compared to the same time frame in 2012, according to a compilation of city...
View ArticleCounty Has Designs on Veterans Court
One person has been accepted into a planned veterans court, and a local circuit judge hopes to have space for as many as a dozen people once the court gets its footing.
View ArticleNew Legislation Could Help Veterans
Veterans seeking work in Arkansas have a better chance now of landing a job with the passage of legislation giving employers legal protection if they adopt a veterans preference policy.
View ArticleInterpretations Raise Cost of Prosecutions
Disagreement over a single word during a trial two years ago led to an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that requires interview transcripts to be done by state-certified translators in order to be...
View ArticleOwl Creek School Considers Longer School Year
Teachers and administrators at Owl Creek School are putting the finishing touches on information for parents about moving to a continuous learning calendar for the 2014-15 school year.
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