Officials Happy With Forum Feedback
School District officials said they’re pleased with the feedback they’ve received from a series of public forums they’ve hosted over the last two weeks concerning the second high school issue.
View ArticleMan Dies After Truck Overturns
A Springdale resident died Thursday after a Freightliner truck overturned south of Elkins.
View ArticleGroup’s Effort Streamlines Process For Abuse Victims
A blanket of help for domestic abuse victims in Benton County is being weaved at a monthly meeting.
View ArticleVeterans Home Keeps Medicaid
Regulators will allow the state-run Fayetteville Veterans Home to accept Medicaid and Medicare residents for the first time in two months, administrators announced Friday.
View ArticleRain Rushes Through County Again
For the second time in three weeks, heavy rain prompted a disaster declaration for Benton County.
View ArticleLibrary To Get New Roof
The roof of the Rogers Public Library, with its peaks and valleys, has been a problem for many years. Aldermen are scheduled Tuesday to consider a contract to repair the deteriorating roof.
View ArticleGroup Gears Up For Bike To Work Week
City employees and the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks are challenging people to make their daily commute on two wheels next week.
View ArticleRoss Faces Party Loyalists
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross went to the “brightest blue district in the state” Friday and acquitted himself well, lawmakers said.
View ArticleRECORDS
Arrests Bentonville James Wayne Chaney Jr., 36, of 803 Wuail Terrace in Rogers was arrested Saturday in connection with failure to register as a sex offender and unlawfully living near a school or...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS
Monday 4 p.m. Rogers Airport Commission — Conference Room, Beaver Lake Aviation, 5 Hammerschmidt Drive 4:30 p.m.
View ArticleSewer Construction To Start
Business development in the area of the new Springdale interchange won’t be slowed by a lack of water and sewer service.
View ArticlePublic Gets Peek At Aquatic Park
Adam Woods loves the fact he has a water park in his town.
View ArticleTechnical Glitch Delays Some Tax Statements
Benton County officials said a technical problem delayed mailing more than 17,000 tax statements to Rogers residents.
View ArticleAmbulance Problem Still Out There For County
Benton County Judge Bob Clinard said Thursday’s lengthy discussion of rural ambulance service didn’t contribute to solving the problem of how to keep the service available.
View ArticlePryor Center Prepares For Move
Their bags aren’t packed yet, but Pryor Center employees are getting ready to set up shop in the mostly vacant building on the east side of the square.
View ArticlePrivate Option Sponsor: Conservatives Should Unite
Fighting old battles about the private option in health care will only benefit two Arkansas Democrats who helped create the dilemma in the first place, Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, told conservatives...
View ArticleMuseum opens two American-art exhibits
As the Norman Rockwell exhibit approaches its final weeks at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, two collections of influential 19th-century works were made available to the public starting this...
View ArticleCities, states cut wish lists for gear as money wanes
When two historic buildings in downtown Morrilton collapsed in 2011, killing a toddler and injuring eight others, rescue workers used search cameras to sift through the rubble to search for any other...
View ArticleIn PB, voters to decide Tuesday on mill increase
Voters in the Watson Chapel School District will decide Tuesday whether to increase their millage rate by 2.3 mills to build a new elementary school.
View ArticlePrivate pilots see more options
The limited liability protection Arkansas landowners enjoy against someone who hunts or fishes on their property now includes people who might land on their property in an airplane.
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