Northwest Arkansas meetings
Monday No meetings Tuesday No meetings Wednesday Siloam Springs Board of Adjustments, 4 p.m.
View ArticleDivorces
BENTON COUNTY The following divorces were recorded in the circuit clerk’s office from Dec. 13-19.
View ArticleUA Press hosts holiday sale
The University of Arkansas Press is hosting a holiday book sale through Dec. 31. The Press is offering 20 percent off all books; free shipping is also available to campus addresses.
View ArticleARRESTS
Dec. 4 Marcie Christine Treadwell, 25, homeless. Charged with violation of a protection order. Dec. 9 Brandon Lee Doyle, 24, 705 N. Saltwell, Salina, Okla. Charged with public intoxication. Alisha...
View ArticleBarbers Cut Hair For Good Cause
Landon Michaels sat quietly in his mother’s lap in a barber’s chair Saturday with the trepidatious look all 4-year-olds wear as scissors inch closer to their hair.
View ArticleCounty Officials Studying Trucks, Bridges
A discussion about buying new fire engines for volunteer fire departments has led Benton County officials to study the county’s bridges to see if they can handle the increasing load of heavy vehicles.
View ArticleRecovery Leaving Least-Skilled Behind
Northwest Arkansas suffered economic downturns before 2008, but something changed with the latest bust and recovery, Marianne Haddock said.
View ArticleFoot Doc By Day, Hoof Doc By Night
There aren’t many people qualified to work on the feet of both humans and horses.
View ArticleFree Parking Offered Monday, Tuesday
Drivers will be able park their cars free Monday and Tuesday, according to a city news release.
View ArticleCities hope to keep court fee revenue
City councils in four small Washington County cities called special meetings this month hoping to keep their court fine revenue from being put in the back of a line.
View ArticleWater on the way to 2 dry areas
Water from a new pipeline will begin flowing to associations in the southern portions of Newton and Searcy counties by early March, offering hope of a summer without worries of water shortages and...
View ArticleFort Smith developer plans face-lift for historic theater
Plans to restore the carriage entrance of the New Theatre aim to recreate the elegance of a building that has lain dormant on downtown’s 10th Street since the late 1970s.
View ArticlePlanners seek ideas for central Arkansas
Metroplan wants to tap the imaginations of central Arkansas residents to figure out what the region should look like in 30 years.
View ArticleChristmas closings
The following state, federal and local government offices’ schedules may be affected by the Christmas holiday: GARBAGE COLLECTION Bella Vista: No routes will run Tuesday; regular routes delayed one day.
View ArticleCarnegie Hero medal winners
Winners of Carnegie Hero medals awarded Wednesday: Ricky D. Clinton, 49, of Mountain Pine, Ark., died while trying to rescue a 13-year-old boy from burning home in Mountain Pine on Sept. 24, 2011.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “The only work he does is on the Fayetteville square for a month.The rest of the year, he’s on vacation.” Steve Boger of Kansas, Okla., about Charlie, a 33-year-old retired circus...
View ArticleBeekeepers group to hold classes
The Northwest Arkansas Beekeeper’s Association will host a series of classes for beginning beekeepers in January at the Pauline Whitaker Equine Center in Fayetteville. Class dates are Jan. 14, Jan. 21...
View ArticleColumbia County sheriff’s deputy kills McNeil man
A McNeil man was shot and killed by a Columbia County sheriff’s office deputy after he approached the deputy with a knife late Saturday morning, according to investigators.
View ArticleState to decide fate of Weiner school
The Harrisburg School District plans to close Weiner High School, but the decision will be left up to the state.
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