Razorback Widening on Tap
With new money in place, officials with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, University of Arkansas and city of Fayetteville are ready to move forward with plans to widen Razorback Road...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Still In Play In Capital Murder Case
Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against a Bentonville man accused of killing his wife.
View ArticleNew Chamber Director To Start In March
The Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce ended a six-month search for a new director with the hiring of Dana Davis, president of the Southlake, Texas, Chamber of Commerce.
View ArticleAMP Requests Two-year Extension At Fairgrounds
Concertgoers could continue to attend shows at the Washington County Fairgrounds if the Fayetteville Planning Commission approves a request for a two-year extension from the Arkansas Music Pavilion.
View ArticleGroup To Renew Contract
City Council members agreed Bella Vista should continue its contracted relationship with the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce.
View ArticleTransition Study Begins at High School
The intermingling of ninth-graders with older students at Fayetteville High School was an overarching concern as a 24-member committee met Monday to begin discussion of that transition in three years.
View ArticleMercy To Serve Seniors
A $1 million donation was enough to stop construction on Mercy Medical Center’s seventh floor — but only long enough to announce plans for the vacant space.
View ArticleGift aids UAMS dental program
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Tuesday that it will use a $1.56 million contribution from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation to expand an oral health clinic.
View ArticleGuns on campus is divisive issue at UA
Recent school shootings and renewed efforts in the Arkansas Legislature to allow concealed-carry guns on college campuses have prompted University of Arkansas faculty members and students to make their...
View ArticleDisaster aid OK’d; storms hit state
President Barack Obama declared seven Arkansas counties major disaster areas from Christmas ice and snow damage on Tuesday, as a new storm crossed the state carrying high winds.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Woman hit by car ID’d as of Lonoke Police on Monday identified Jamie Hicks, 37, of Lonoke as the woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle in Cabot on Saturday night.
View ArticleFugitive is focus of Arkansas hunt
State, local and federal authorities were combing the rural Dyer-Mulberry area during Tuesday’s storms for a Virginia man wanted in Georgia on charges ranging from obstruction of justice, forgery and...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Judge Tabor just doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, and I don’t mind telling him so. It’s not over. ... We will win the battle.We will have to go another route, probably the state...
View ArticleStorms Cause Wind Damage, Power Outages
A line of severe storms caused wind damage to about 40 homes in Elkins on Tuesday afternoon. Orvetta Cox of 14124 Hummingbird Road said she ran to her hallway when she heard her roof began to crack....
View ArticleTontitown, Fire Department Split Difference
A compromise at Tuesday’s meeting between the City Council and the Tontitown Area Fire Department opened the door for the organization to eventually become part of the city government.
View ArticleAnother Elser Wins Spelling Bee
“Proficient” is one word that might describe Caroline Elser’s spelling ability. It also was the word she spelled correctly to win the Washington County Spelling Bee on Tuesday night.
View ArticleApollo Theater Unsafe
The last theater building remaining from Emma Avenue’s heyday may face demolition.
View ArticleRogers Focuses on Enrollment Numbers
A growing district and increasing enrollment is creating changes for Rogers schools, Superintendent Janie Darr said during a Tuesday meeting detailing proposed changes to attendance zones in the School...
View ArticlePolice Link Man to Computer Child Porn
Police said a Rogers man who posed as a 16-year-old boy faces felony charges after he exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a girl posing as a 15-year-old.
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