Panel Calls For Budget Cuts
Benton County’s justices of the peace plan to ask county officials to redo their 2013 budgets — cutting capital items and defending requests for new personnel, travel and other expenses — with an eye...
View ArticleBenton County Voting Precincts
The following are precincts and polling locations for the elections in Benton County.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Bulgaria’s Orthodox patriarch, 98 SOFIA, Bulgaria — Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria, who weathered a revolt over his communist-era ties to lead the Balkan country’s Orthodox Christians for more than 40...
View ArticleUA investigating rape accusation
The University of Arkansas Police Department is investigating an allegation that a UA-Fayetteville student was raped at a fraternity house early Sunday by an acquaintance.
View ArticleNo results on tax for county lockup
No preliminary results were available on a Newton County ballot issue to raise the sales tax by three-fourths of a percentage point to provide funds to operate the county’s new jail.
View ArticleSheriff takes big lead in Madison County
Madison County Sheriff Phillip Morgan had a large lead over challenger Randy Carmack in voting Tuesday. In incomplete returns, the unofficial results for Madison County sheriff were: Morgan. . . . . ....
View ArticleHouse races decided for some; others unresolved
House races in Northwest Arkansas included seats up for grabs in districts reconfigured and renamed because of redistricting after the 2010 U.S. Census.
View ArticleGOP out front in 2 Senate contests
In two Northwest Arkansas state Senate races in which legislative experience was a common denominator, returns Tuesday night showed state Sen. Bruce Holland was the apparent winner in a race against...
View ArticleIncorrect ballot given to 400 in Benton County
Long lines, a temporarily depleted supply of paper ballots and the distribution of wrong ballots to voters in Benton County were among election site glitches around the state Tuesday.
View ArticleIn early votes, counties lean yes on alcohol
As votes were tallied Tuesday night, it appeared that voters in two Northwest Arkansas counties were ready for retail alcoholic beverage sales for the first time since the 1940s.
View ArticleResults
These incomplete, unofficial totals are the latest available before press time and, because of deadline constraints, may not match figures elsewhere in today’s newspaper. For the latest totals, go to...
View ArticlePaper ballot problem further delays Benton County results
A paper ballot counter malfunctioned at the Benton County Election Commission about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, leaving several candidates wondering when they will know the outcome of their races.
View ArticleMcCain To Speak In Bentonville Saturday
U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., will highlight a Veterans Day event hosted by Walmart on the Bentonville Square on Saturday. U.S. Congressman Steve Womack, R-Ark., also is expected to speak,...
View ArticleUncertainty remains on Benton County ballots
Benton County election officials were uncertain Wednesday afternoon when they would have a final vote count from Tuesday’s election. The county’s three machines used for tabulating paper ballots all...
View ArticleHighway Tax Passes; Region Awaits Projects
Northwest Arkansas voters Tuesday came out heavily in support of a 10-year, half-cent sales tax to pay for highway construction in the state, helping Issue 1 pass by a margin of 58 percent to 42...
View ArticleAbuse-of-trust case given to jury
A Sebastian County Circuit jury was deliberating Wednesday evening whether a former Hartford police officer had oral sex with a woman last year in return for not taking her to jail or to the hospital...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Two-time Pulitzer-winning composer NEW YORK — Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, died Monday at...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Battlefield bones lead to penalties SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A southwest Missouri man has to pay more than $5,000 in federal restitution for collecting bones while canoeing through a national battlefield site.
View Article2 counties OK alcohol sales; 1 county’s vote is still out
Voters in Madison and Sharp counties approved alcohol sales Tuesday, unofficial election results show.
View Article6 seats give Republicans Senate edge
Republicans secured 21 seats in the 35-member state Senate in Tuesday’s election as they stripped control of the chamber from the Democrats for the first time since Reconstruction.
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