Retailers Queue For Permits
The first alcohol permits could be issued as early as mid-January now that Benton County residents have overwhelmingly voted the county wet, according to an Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division...
View ArticleTrails Part Of Draw
Curious people walked for years to an observation deck along a newly opened trail to peer at the progress as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art formed in the valley below. The museum turns a...
View ArticleStudent Education Driving Force
Every morning before the doors open to the general public at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, yellow school buses line the circle drive in front and disgorge dozens of children.
View Article2,000 art pieces and growing
BENTONVILLE — The permanent collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has continued to expand since the museum opened a year ago.
View ArticleCrystal Bridges posts bright 1st year
Soon after word began to spread that Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton was building a world-class art museum in her hometown of Bentonville, doubters began to squawk. “There was a kind of overt skepticism...
View ArticleNewly elected carving niches
Two of the state senators elected to the Legislature for the first time on Tuesday have secured key committee assignments. One will be helping oversee the state’s Medicaid program, and the other will...
View ArticleTourism basks in museum’s glow
Since opening last year, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville has put Arkansas on the map in a big way.
View ArticleHendrix College’s new stadium to pay tribute to 3 fallen alumni
Almost a century after Lt. Robert W. Young was killed in World War I, his alma mater has not forgotten him.
View ArticleNotes help brush up offerings
There’s no shortage of ideas at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
View ArticleEducation notebook
Board-race loser seeks empty seat Laveta Wills-Hale, who ran for the Little Rock School Board’s Zone 6 position in September but lost to Michael Peterson, said Friday that she will apply for the seat...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “The longer-term goal is much bigger: Impacting quality of life in the communities we serve, and looking at how we can engage people in ways that will be most meaningful to them.” Rod...
View ArticleNW Arkansas meetings
Monday Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Committee of the Whole, noon Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission, 2 p.m.
View ArticleDivorces
BENTON COUNTY The following divorces were recorded in the circuit clerk’s office from Oct. 31-Nov. 7.
View Article2 noted architects set lecture in Little Rock
Architects Vincent James and Jennifer Yoos will be the featured speakers Tuesday at the 2012-13 season’s second Art of Architecture lecture.
View ArticleTaxes Show City’s Growth
Numbers from the Bentonville Advertising and Promotion Commission illustrate a city undergoing rapid change as the home to 36,000 people morphs from a small company town into an urban arts hamlet.
View ArticleCrystal Bridges’ Benefits Beyond Museum
When the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened its doors a year ago, expectations ran high that the world-class museum would boost the area’s economy.
View ArticleVeterans Honored On Bentonville Square
Lyle Muetzell stood alone as others around him were leaving Saturday’s Veterans Day program on the Bentonville square.
View ArticleTour Showcases Mid-Century Architecture
When Mark and Carie Pryor bought their home four years ago, they didn’t realize others would want a sneak peek inside.
View ArticleGirls Work On Self-Esteem
Mysterious messages urging women to believe in inner beauty may be popping up across Northwest Arkansas courtesy of girls in third through fifth grades.
View ArticleHar-Ber Students Serve As Mentors
With their first playoff game of the season just hours away, some Har-Ber High School football players were playing a different kind of game Friday morning: word bingo.
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