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Council Talks Renovation

CITY CONSIDERS REPAIRING FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING CENTER

ROGERS — Aldermen are scheduled to discuss Tuesday the renovation of the aging Rogers Fire Department Emergency Training Center. Read More »

Headlines

Art Map To Promote Galleries

PROJECT GERMINATED IN CREATIVE ECONOMY GROUP, INTENDED AS PROMOTION

FAYETTEVILLE — Not everyone knows that the Nadine Baum Studio next door to the Walton Arts Center houses an art gallery. Read More »

Design Impacts Crime

POLICE PROGRAM STRESSES PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

SPRINGDALE — Springdale police think they've designed a way to reduce crime. Read More »

Immunizations lag in older Arkansans

An adult immunization study released last week ranks Arkansas as 12th-worst in the nation for the rate of older Americans who’ve received the pneumonia vaccine. Read More »

ON THE SQUARE: Downtown Group Plans For Growth

PANEL WANTS TO ADD MORE EVENTS TO SCHEDULE

BENTONVILLE — Downtown Bentonville Inc. is preparing for another year of events to bring growth and prosperity to downtown. Read More »

S Farmers market just one idea for pavilion

Jacksonville has hopes for building plan

LITTLE ROCK — The metal farmers market sign will hang more than 11 feet high at Jacksonville’s new pavilion, but Mayor Gary Fletcher believes that the building’s use won’t end there. Read More »

S Booming app market fuels windfall

PHILADELPHIA — In the fast-moving world of mobile computing, small is all, and applications for BlackBerrys, iPhones, Droids and other gadgets are the sultans of software. Read More »

3-D printing finding niche around world

Kits putting technology within consumers’ reach

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It may sound like a prop from a science-fiction movie or some garage inventor’s holy grail: a device that converts a computer file into a three-dimensional physical object. Read More »

Wheeeeeeeeeee!

Arkansas can oblige bikers seeking downhill thrills

LITTLE ROCK — Pedaling northeast on Arkansas 305 in White County toward Center Hill. A speed limit sign says 35 as the road starts to tilt downward. You are at the top of Dugout Mountain and things are about to get exciting. Read More »

S Cardio Striptease workout is fine for the faint of heart

LITTLE ROCK — This whole exercise-as-foreplay fad surely should’ve ended some time after Olivia Newton John retired her headband. Read More »

S County agents plant, nurture Strong Women fitness groups

LITTLE ROCK — Strong Women left boredom behind when 50 county extension agents braved a threatening weather forecast recently to play with stretchy bands and bobble about on big fitness balls. Read More »

Closings and cancellations

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First Lady Ginger BeebeFayetteville Public Library, 5:30 p.m. » More

City of Fayetteville public meeting on Block Avenue ImprovementsRoom 111, Fayetteville City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, 5:30 p.m. » More

COMMENTARY: What Voters Really Meant

TEA PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COULD LEARN FROM JOURNALISTS

FAYETTEVILLE — One of the basic tenets of writing as a journalist is to make sure the statements one writes are not overly broad. Read More »

S HOW WE SEE IT - Becker Bad Choice For NLRB

Northwest Arkansas — Card check legislation remains the Holy Grail for Big Labor. With union membership in a free-fall outside the public sector, labor organizations want to rig the game by making it more difficult for workers to oppose organizing efforts. Read More »