Electronic Library For Students Taking Shape
A library of electronic books is being assembled in Fayetteville schools which will officially roll out next month, Fayetteville High School librarian Sarah Roberson told the Fayetteville School Board...
View ArticleCommunity Bands Together To Bring Bikes To Schools
The warehouse at AMP Sign and Banner off the Wishing Springs Trail is packed this week. Reams of paper have been pushed aside to make way for boxes and boxes of bikes. Trek bikes, to be exact. Five...
View ArticleExtension Service Reports To Quorum Court
Washington County high school students Austin Hamm of Elkins and Lauren Cheevers of Greenland stood just a few feet away from the Quorum Courtroom entrance bearing big smiles as they shook the hands of...
View ArticleMan Charged In Carjacking
Police arrested an Alpena man in connection with a carjacking Wednesday at a car wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
View ArticleOlive Loom Wins NWA StartUp Cup
A mother-daughter team won the top spot in the inaugural NWA StartUp Cup.
View ArticleSchools Receive Farm To School Grant
The School District will provide more locally grown food for students, thanks to a $99,000 federal grant.
View ArticleSpringdale Council Considers Salaries
Aldermen threw out several ideas at the City Council budget hearing Thursday, from raising more salaries to cutting them.
View ArticleCommittee Endorses County Raises
Benton County officials voted Thursday to move forward with a 2 percent raise for employees and elected officials in the 2013 budget.
View ArticleCharter School To Move Offices
Administrators for Benton County School of the Arts will open offices on Halsted Circle Dec. 17.
View ArticleBella Vista POA Faces Budget Woes
The Property Owners Association may enter 2013 without a budget after studying a projection developed by board member Randall Gnant, who has a background as a certified auditor.
View ArticleMan Pleads Not Guilty To Rape
A Cave Springs man pleaded not guilty Thursday to raping a 14-year-old girl.
View Article133 lbs. of marijuana seized, two arrested
Two California men were arrested this week after police found 133 pounds of marijuana on an airplane at the Springdale airport.
View ArticleI-540 lanes to shut 3 days in Fort Smith
The southbound lanes of Interstate 540 between Arkansas 45 and Arkansas 255 will be closed from Monday through Wednesday next week, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's Fort Smith...
View ArticlePaper Ballots Wanted
Benton County will go back to paper ballots if the chairman of the Election Commission can gain approval of his plans for elections.
View ArticleFall Leaf Pickup Scheduled
The city will start its annual fall leaf curbside pickup Nov. 26.
View ArticleWomack’s Son Faces Charge
The son of 3rd District Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, was arrested Friday.
View ArticleElkins Settles Water Rate Suit
Elkins will pay almost a half-million dollars to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the city improperly raised water rates.
View ArticleStudents Decide On Charities To Support
Three charities will benefit from Holt Middle School students learning how to collaborate in a real-life project.
View ArticleUpton Files Firing Appeal
A Washington County employee and former county clerk candidate filed a grievance Friday to appeal her firing.
View ArticleTwo Area Teachers Receive Economics Arkansas Awards
Two Northwest Arkansas teachers were among the dozen educators who received a Bessie B. Moore Award from Economics Arkansas on Nov. 8.
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