Board Participation Policy Weighed
Brent Leas, a School Board member, was in St. Louis on business Feb. 19, but he still participated in the board’s meeting that day via speaker phone. He even cast votes on some items.
View ArticleVictory Theater Repairs To Spawn Official Talks
Aldermen will consider Tuesday spending $116,000 repair the Victory Theater, home to Rogers Little Theater.
View ArticleCity Council mulls changes to ordinance for Farmers’ Market
The City Council is considering amendments to a 40-year-old city ordinance that created the downtown Farmers’ Market.
View ArticleUnemployment Increase Normal
Local unemployment hit 5.9 percent in January, up from December but below levels a year earlier. This follows a decade-long trend of January having higher unemployment than December.
View ArticleHealth Care, Budget Priorities
Health care expansion discussion has come to a head, Northwest Arkansas lawmakers from both ends of the political spectrum said at a public forum Friday.
View ArticleMayor’s Easter Egg Hunt Canceled
The annual Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at Veterans Park has been canceled, according to city officials.
View ArticleOfficer Graduates From FBI Academy
Capt. Chris Sparks graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy on Friday.
View ArticleFAA To Close Fayetteville Control Tower
The air traffic control tower at Fayetteville’s municipal airport will be closing, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday.
View ArticleDistrict Has 28 Nationally Certified Teachers
Teachers in the Springdale School District are becoming more skilled in the classroom and more focused on students as a result of additional training, according to the National Board for Professional...
View ArticleBlaze damages law firm’s offices
A fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged a law office on Cantrell Road close to downtown Little Rock and tied up traffic for several hours Friday afternoon.
View ArticleHousing and Urban Development asked to probe contract
Several Little Rock public-housing residents are asking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General to investigate how a $20,000 contract was awarded to...
View ArticleMan badly hurt in NLR shooting
North Little Rock police were called to West 18th Street and Pike Avenue Friday night, where they found a man shot at least once, Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedrick said. The man was taken...
View ArticleFoundation CEO to talk at LR forum
Emmett Carson, president and chief executive officer of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, will give the keynote address at a University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service conference.
View ArticleI-40 pileup kills 1, injures dozen
A multivehicle accident in a Prairie County construction zone on Interstate 40 left one person dead and at least a dozen injured Thursday, an Arkansas State Police spokesman said in a news release.
View ArticleEx-coroner’s bias lawsuit is refiled in state court
Three weeks after a federal judge rebuffed his discrimination claim against Pulaski County, former county coroner Garland Camper has filed suit again, this time in state court, to get his job back.
View ArticleSubmarine topic of museum exhibit
An exhibit honoring all commanding officers for the Razorback submarine has opened at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, 120 Riverfront Drive, in North Little Rock.
View ArticleSpringfield man guilty in hit-and-run
A Faulkner County jury on Thursday found a man guilty of negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident after an August hit-and-run wreck in which a 12-year-old boy...
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Gardeners mark Arbor Day The Bentonville Garden Club will hold its Arbor Day program at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the overlook at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
View ArticleFree seminar shares interview skills
The University of Phoenix Northwest Arkansas campus is hosting a workshop on interviewing skills.
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Homeless vigil seeks donations Springdale High School students will host a homeless vigil from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday. They will be taking money, clothing and nonperishable food donations for the...
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