Lifestyle Change Yields Family Time, County Honor
Ten years ago, Cindy and David Yang quit their jobs in Minnesota, loaded up their four children and headed to Arkansas to start a chicken farm.
View ArticleWomen’s Air Race To End In Fayetteville
Dozens of women aviators are scheduled to touch down June 20-21 at the Fayetteville Executive Airport.
View ArticlePrairie Grove Seeks Property Tax Increase For New School
Residents in the Prairie Grove School District could be paying higher school taxes next year if a millage increase passes voter approval later this year.
View ArticleAldermen Review Reserve
Refilling frozen positions. Kickstarting construction on Van Asche Drive. Building out a regional park.
View Article3rd Friday To Showcase Talent
Registration for the “Fresh Talent Showcase” at this month’s 3rd Friday in downtown Rogers will close Friday.
View ArticleLoggins To Appear In Concert
Kenny Loggins, a two-time Grammy award winner, will perform a free concert at Orchards Park at 7:30 p.m. June 22.
View ArticleBethel Heights Voters Approve Half-Cent Sales Tax Extension
Bethel Heights residents approved Tuesday extending a 0.5 percent sales tax for maintenance of the city’s septic tank effluent sewer system in a special election.
View ArticleCenter Makes A Splash
The Aquatic Center at Dock Wheeler Park opened with a splash Memorial Day weekend, and swimmers continue to pack the center just about every day, park officials said.
View ArticleProgram Offers Life Lessons
Zaira Murillo, a 2013 Springdale High School graduate, will be plenty familiar with NorthWest Arkansas Community College when she starts there later this year.
View ArticleBentonville District Wins Gold Medallion
The Bentonville School District is one of this year’s three winners of the National School Public Relations Association’s Gold Medallion Award.
View ArticlePanel OKs Ambulance Deal
Benton County’s justices of the peace reached a compromise with Siloam Springs over the 2014 cost of rural ambulance service provided by the city, contingent on the city’s approval and the county...
View ArticleCouncil Tables Sales Proposal
The City Council sent a proposed ordinance on door-to-door sales back to legal advisers after a spirited debate over the balance between safety and free enterprise Tuesday.
View ArticleArkansas' World Trade Center hosts Latin America event
ROGERS — The World Trade Center of Arkansas is putting on two events that will enable participants to learn about trade with Latin America and other parts of the world.
View ArticleUPDATE: Toy gun found after police fire shots in Springdale incident
A man was arrested this morning at a Springdale Neighborhood Market after he brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at officers and barricaded himself in his vehicle, according to a news release...
View ArticleMaxwell, Estelle among performers at Bentonville concert Friday
Maxwell, Estelle, Trey Songz and Hezekiah will perform a free concert titled the "The Road To Essence Festival" Friday at 6 p.m. at Orchards Park in Bentonville, according to a news release from...
View ArticleState chooses first 55 to get chance at Benton County liquor permits
The state's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division held a lottery today to determine who gets first dibs at liquor store permits in Benton County. The agency received 72 applications for 55 permits,...
View ArticleDeed signed on old post office in Fayetteville
Ron Bumpass, whose family has owned the old post office building in the center of the downtown square since 1977, signed the deed to the historic structure over to Jim Huson on Wednesday.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s kind of a redneck name but it fits the county perfectly.We thought we might have a logo of a ghost holding a wine bottle.” Brent Hargis of Huntsville, saying he’ll open Booger...
View ArticleLove seeking to be speaker of the House
State Rep. Fred Love, D-Little Rock, said Tuesday that he is seeking to be House speaker in 2015 and 2016.
View ArticleGubernatorial appointments
Gov. Mike Beebe has announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: To the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Council: Charles Allen, Little Rock, for a term expiring May 1, 2019,...
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