Fayetteville Seeks Volunteer Board Members
Residents have three weeks to apply for 11 openings on six volunteer boards and commissions.
View ArticleSpringdale Preschool Expands
More children will go to preschool in the Springdale School District this year because of an increase in grant money to the program, school officials said.
View ArticleSeptic Tanks Pose Potential Issues
Most Northwest Arkansas residents don’t think twice when they flush their toilets or put food down garbage disposals. They know it’s going to a treatment plant.
View ArticleFees Help Put Center On More Solid Footing
Ed Clifford navigates the hallways Tuesday at the Jones Center, as chatter from children enrolled in Camp War Eagle buzzes around him.
View ArticleCrossett mayor envisions plan to improve city
Crossett Mayor Scott McCormick looks at his town of 5,507 residents and sees a bright future.
View ArticleAliens’ path to U.S. citizenship still unresolved
A perplexing question remains at the center of the current immigration debate in Congress : how to treat people who were brought to the United States illegally when they were children.
View Article3 school districts look at possible settlement in desegregation case
A looming federal court hearing set for two weeks in December has attorneys in the 30-year-old Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit meeting to prepare their arguments — and a possible settlement...
View ArticlePurchase clears LR ‘green’ fund
War Memorial Park will soon include about 4 more acres of green space south of Interstate 630.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATHS: Host of Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
David “Kidd” Kraddick, the high-octane radio and TV host of the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show heard on dozens of U.S. radio stations, died at a charity golf event near New Orleans, a publicist...
View ArticleMcDaniel out to stem online sex-trafficking
Attorney Gen. Dustin McDaniel announced his support Wednesday for a bipartisan initiative asking Congress to grant state and local authorities the power to prosecute online sex-traffickers.
View Article2 parts of abortion law legal, state tells judge
An attorney for the state said Friday that two parts of Arkansas’ newest abortion law should remain in effect despite a federal judge’s declaration that a third part of the law, which bans most...
View Article2 killed in crashes on state highways
Fatal accidents on Arkansas roads killed two Friday.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Almost everything we are doing has changed.We are doing the right thing.We have kids back in here, adults back in here.” Ed Clifford, CEO and president of the Jones Center in...
View ArticlePanel To Consider Raises For Sheriff’s Staff
A request from Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck to raise the pay of his command staff “raised some eyebrows” among the county’s justices of the peace, who will debate his proposal Tuesday.
View ArticleNontraditional Schools Fire Up Again
While most Bentonville students have a few weeks of summer vacation left, classes at two elementary schools resume Thursday.
View ArticleCounty Office To Relocate
Benton County will move the Gravette office shared by the county assessor and collector and the state Revenue Office within the next few months and is considering changes for satellite offices in...
View ArticleDenny Upton resigns as Tontitown police chief
Denny Upton has resigned and been replaced as police chief of Tontitown. Mayor Jack Beckford said he asked for Upton's resignation Monday and received it. Beckford would not say why he asked for the...
View ArticleMan arrested in sexual assault investigation
A Centerton man was arrested Saturday in connection with the sexual assault of two girls.
View ArticleHospital Added To Trauma System
On its second try, Northwest Medical Center in Springdale passed a site evaluation by state health officials and will join Arkansas’ trauma system as a Level III center.
View ArticleEx-Sen. Steele hired to lead Youth Services
The Arkansas Department of Human Services hired former state Sen. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, as the director of its Division of Youth Services, the department announced Monday.
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