Public Opinion Wanted
A review of proposed revisions to Benton County’s planning regulations turned into a discussion of how to increase public awareness and input, with county officials suggesting a series of town hall...
View ArticleFive Honored for Contributions to Community
Five Fayetteville women were honored Monday as Women of History for their varied contributions to the community from political activism to government service and business to founding a program for...
View ArticleBus Driver Enters Plea Of Not Guilty
A Springdale School district bus driver faces up to 100 years in prison if convicted of child pornography charges.
View ArticleCollege To Host Gun Talks
Guns will be the focus of two public discussions to be held in early April at NorthWest Arkansas Community College.
View ArticleCommission Delays Condo Vote
A developer with plans for a south Fayetteville condominium project will go back to the drawing board in an effort to comply with the city’s streamside protection ordinance. Planning commissioners...
View ArticleFinnegan’s Bond Set At $250,000
A Garfield man said he designed his vehicle to look like an undercover police unit, according to court documents filed Monday.
View ArticlePatrol Cars To Get Tech Upgrade
Police patrol cars will soon have the latest technology in video camera equipment.
View ArticleDeputies Search For Stabbing Suspect
Washington County deputies were looking for a bald-headed man with a brown goatee whom a woman says stabbed her about noon Monday in the northwest corner of the county.
View ArticleOzarks Electric Settles Lawsuit
Ozarks Electric Cooperative settled out of court a federal religious discrimination lawsuit for $95,000.
View ArticleArchitecture dean at UA leaving post
The architecture dean at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will step down after 13 years to return to teaching, the university said Tuesday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “All this bill does is say they have to come to the General Assembly, or to the people for a vote on a referendum or an initiated act, and it gives us a little bit more leeway of...
View ArticleUA students hit by SUV in crosswalk
Two University of Arkansas students were hospitalized Tuesday morning after an SUV struck them in a crosswalk during the morning rush to first classes, officials said.
View ArticleLawyer sues jail staff, cites mail interference
First, the state Department of Correction wouldn’t let convicted rapist Steven Sera have a copy of a book titled Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions.
View ArticleMegabus to cease Springfield service
Discount bus company Megabus is discontinuing service to and from Springfield next month.
View ArticleTheater Money Exhausted
A $116,345 contract to restore the parapets on the Victory Theater building, home of the Rogers Little Theater, was approved by aldermen Tuesday. Alderwoman Marge Wolf, who was involved with the Rogers...
View ArticleRogers Man Gets 25 Years In Prison
A Rogers man pleaded guilty Monday to almost two dozen felony charges in connection with a string of residential burglaries across Benton County.
View ArticleNWACC Board Eyes Fees
New student fees, along with increases of existing fees, might be used to help balance NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s budget in the next fiscal year.
View ArticleThree In Line For School Job
Three men have been identified as finalists for the principal’s job at Bentonville High School.
View ArticleTransit Changes Detailed
Big changes are under way to make Ozark Regional Transit more efficient, its director told City Council members Tuesday.
View ArticleRetired Ambassador Offers Insight To Marshall Islands
The relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands is difficult to describe, Martha L. Campbell, retired ambassador to the islands, told an audience Tuesday.
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