Beaver Lake Fire Department Gets New Chief
Growth is the goal for Beaver Lake Fire Department said new Fire Chief Mark Finocchio.
View ArticlePlanners Review Camp War Eagle Expansion
A proposed five-year expansion plan for Camp War Eagle on Beaver Lake in eastern Benton County generated few questions from county planners in their initial review Wednesday.
View ArticleValley Harvest Ministries Pastor To Speak At College
Bishop John L. Benford, founder and pastor of Valley Harvest Ministries, will be the guest speaker for NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. presentation Jan. 24.
View ArticleSiloam Springs Ballot Draw Reset
The draw for ballot position in the Siloam Springs special primary election has been shifted to 5 p.m. Jan. 30 at Siloam Springs City Hall.
View ArticleAlcohol Sales Ready To Start
Beer and wine lined the shelves of stores in Benton County for the first time in 70 years Wednesday after the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division approved 53 permits for retail sales at its...
View ArticleSpringdale Buries Funeral Escorts
Springdale police will no longer escort funeral processions heading from churches and chapels to gravesites, a move that’s angered funeral directors. Other police agencies in Northwest Arkansas plan to...
View ArticleArea Foreclosures Remain Low
Northwest Arkansas foreclosure activity remained low in December, pushing year-end totals to the lowest since 2006.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Gunshot to head ruled in 4 deaths TULSA — The Oklahoma medical examiner’s office said the four women found dead last week at a crime-plagued south Tulsa apartment complex each died from a gunshot wound...
View ArticleArmed guards posed for district’s schools
If the Little Rock School Board votes to place armed guards in the district’s schools, those guards would receive training and evaluation that exceeds all state standards, district Security Director...
View ArticleSupreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions,...
View ArticleOklahoman faces March execution
A March execution date was set for an Oklahoma man convicted of killing a Bixby woman in 1999.
View ArticleProstitution case leads to 2 arrests
Season’s Inn general manager John Lee Rohlin, 42, and hotel employee Jonathan Richard Bean, 28, have been arrested on warrants charging them with third-degree promoting prostitution, according to Fort...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “There is a need for a new veterans home here in the state of Arkansas.” Sen. Jane English, R-North Little Rock, on her bill to create a 22-member task force to study opening a new...
View ArticleVideo, threat seen at hub of UA case
University of Arkansas police are investigating a case of video voyeurism and theft of property stemming from an incident in which someone sent an e-mail demanding money from a male student under the...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Laverty takes rehabilitation-agency post
Former state Sen. Randy Laverty has been appointed as commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, the Arkansas Department of Career Education announced Wednesday.
View ArticleBoard Sees Plan For Stadium Work
If plans come together as anticipated, the Greenland High School Pirates and their opponents could be preparing for games in new locker rooms which are part of an estimated $970,000 in improvements at...
View ArticleAssessor Chosen To Lead County GOP
The Washington County Republican Committee this week chose Assessor Jeff Williams as chairman.
View ArticleHunt On For Administrators
School Superintendent Jim Rollins said this week he hopes to fill two openings in his administration by the end of February.
View ArticleIllness Cancels Classes At Hellstern
A widespread stomach virus was responsible for keeping more than 300 Hellstern Middle School students home from school Thursday, said Superintendent Jim Rollins.
View ArticleNTI Course Raises Admission Bar
Individuals who want to be admitted to Northwest Technical Institute’s licensed practical nursing program beginning in 2014 will need to have completed a certified nursing assistant class.
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