Election commission director retiring
State Board of Election Commissioners Director Susie Stormes will retire Dec. 31, board staff have announced.
View ArticleFayetteville students host Feast
Tickets for the eighth annual Fayetteville High School Choirs Madrigal Feast are on sale. Performances are planned for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6-8 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.
View ArticleElection division chief tapped for lawyer post
The head of the secretary of state’s election division will now act as the main lawyer for the constitutional office, a spokesman said Monday.
View ArticleDeveloper Eyes New Apartment Site
The Springdale development team behind plans for several multistory apartment complexes in town is at it again.
View ArticleSpringdale Makes Race to Top Cut
The Springdale School District is one of 61 national finalists vying for hundreds of millions in grant dollars, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday.
View ArticleCounty Keeping $17 Million in Reserve
While Benton County’s 2013 budget is essentially set, county officials still have some financial questions to answer.
View ArticleLittle Flock Officials to Explore Options for Police Service
Budget constraints have the city of Little Flock evaluating police service.
View ArticleMuseum Staff to Develop New Exhibits
Dale Webster, former owner of House of Webster, worked at the Coca-Cola bottling plant on Poplar Street in the 1950s when he was a high school student.
View ArticleRecords
Arrests Springdale Adam Inman, 25, of 7400 Thornberry St. in Amarillo, Texas, was arrested Monday in connection with a felony Amarillo, Texas, warrant for violation of probation, misdemeanor...
View ArticleWinter Carnival Tickets Still Available
A few tickets remain for the morning and afternoon sessions of Bella Vista Village’s fifth annual Winter Carnival on Dec. 8 at Riordan Hall.
View ArticleRogers Christmas Parade Set for Monday
Registration for the annual Christmas parade, set for 7 p.m. Monday, continues online.
View ArticleBenton County Polling Places
Benton County voters who are eligible to vote in today’s runoff election will cast their ballots in the same polling places they used during the Nov. 6 general election with one exception.
View ArticleTeacher Falls Short in Award Race
Linda Odle didn’t win the state’s Teacher of the Year award this year, but her Hunt Elementary colleagues clearly believe she deserved it.
View ArticlePublic Meetings
Today 4:30 p.m. Fayetteville City Council Agenda Session — Room 326, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St. 6 p.m.
View ArticleArkansas disc golf champ faces Idaho drug charges
A former disc golf world champion from Arkansas and creator of a disc dyeing system remains jailed in Idaho after being arrested with 28 pounds of marijuana in his hotel room.
View ArticleCommittee Tables Police Changes
Internal budget revisions took the place of a possible partnership with Benton County during a Little Flock Police Committee meeting Tuesday night.
View ArticleLong Wins in Ward 4
West Fayetteville residents elected Alan Long on Tuesday as the City Council’s newest Ward 4 alderman.
View ArticleCouncil OKs Hazmat Team
Benton County’s mayors endorsed a countywide hazardous materials response team Tuesday with the new organization to replace a two-county regional team early in 2013.
View ArticleCouncil Approves Buying Land With Bond Money
The city will soon own more parkland, with new parks to follow.
View ArticleRoad Department Workers Seek Raises
A group of about 20 employees of the Benton County Road Department made an appeal Tuesday to the county’s justices of the peace, seeking a 7 percent raise for 2013.
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