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Teachers Make Virtual Showing

Subscriber onlyJust because school is out doesn’t mean students can’t get a little work done. Homework is taking virtual form at some area schools as teachers across Northwest Arkansas reach out to students. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Falls Dangerous Side Effect Of Northwest Arkansas Weather

Subscriber onlyCar accidents might look dramatic, but the injuries the Rogers Fire Department is responding to are happening before people get out of the driveway, said Tom Jenkins, fire chief. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 10, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Date Change Provokes Controversy

Enrollment Date Pushed Back for Senior Citizens at NWACC

Subscriber onlyA policy change rolling into place with the spring semester will delay enrollment for students age 60 and older who take classes tuition-free at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 8, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Don’t Forget The Milk

BASIC STAPLES PART OF STORM PREPAREDNESS

Subscriber onlyThe scramble for bread and milk can be a winter standard in Northwest Arkansas. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 7, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Snowfall Ends, Accumulation Remains

Subscriber onlyAs snowfall tapered off Friday, temperatures across Northwest Arkansas continued to drop. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley, Mike Jones, Tracy Neal, Dave Perozek Posted: Dec 6, 2013 at 7:47 p.m.

Rogers Students Encouraged To Consider Math, Engineering Careers

University of Arkansas Students Recruit Future Engineers

Subscriber only “It’s OK to like math,” Leah Miramontes told students gathered at Heritage High School on Tuesday night. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 4, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Quapaw Tribe Focus Of NorthWest Arkansas Community College Documentary

Subscriber onlyThe words of tribal elders, colorful dances from powwow and two years of student work fill a documentary on the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma being screened today at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 3, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Accident, Paralysis Catalyst For Rogers Policy Challenge

Friends, Therapy Help Women To Rebuild Life After Accident

Subscriber onlyOne lifetime stopped Aug. 6 and another began for Deb Walter and Susan Thurman. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Dec 1, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Kids’ Club Takes On Dogs Project

Benton County Kids Lending Animals Helping Hand

Subscriber onlyKids at the Boys & Girls Club of Benton County Rogers unit are trying to increase holiday adoptions and raise donations of dog food for the local animal shelter. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 30, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Northwest Arkansas High Schools Reach For College Credits

Subscriber onlyROGERS — An increasing focus on high school students earning college credit is drawing them to concurrent credit classes. The number of students enrolled in concurrent classes at NorthWest Arkansas Community College increased from 574 in 2010 to 694 this fall. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 28, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Program To Connect Students With Jobs, Skills

Subscriber onlyA program approved last week could help Rogers students least likely to graduate high school not only finish school, but also find jobs. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 24, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Sales Tax Shows Slight Increase In Northwest Arkansas

Bentonville Income Lags, Regional Sales Tax Holds Steady

Subscriber onlyGrowth in sales tax revenue is growing on pace with budget predictions, according to city financial directors. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 23, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Millage Increase Not In School Board’s Plan

District Considers Additional Elementary School

Subscriber only No millage increase for the Rogers School District was included in plans approved by the School Board on Tuesday night. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 20, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Words Win Center Stage In Rogers Vocabulary Push

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Sharp and spontaneous intakes of breath were the order of the day in Leah Padilla’s fourth-grade classroom Friday at Janie Darr Elementary School. The vocabulary word of the day was “gasp” and between writing sentences and talking about the word with classmates, several practiced expressing shock, surprise or pain. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 18, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Bella Vista Man Accused Of Theft, Forgery

Subscriber onlyA Bella Vista man was arrested Thursday in connection with purchasing cars with forged checks. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 16, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers School Board Discusses Timeline For Additions

Subscriber onlyAnother elementary school is on the horizon in the Rogers School District, but a state partnership and enrollment projections will determine if it will be built within the next four years or beyond. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 15, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Charter School Hires Marketing Firm

Subscriber onlyROGERS — A new logo, website and social media campaign for Benton County School of the Arts will be part of a $32,000 contract approved Tuesday by the charter school’s board. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 13, 2013 at 1:42 a.m.

NWACC Reviews Purchase

NO DECISION FROM BOARD ON $2.5 MILLION RAILROAD PROPOSAL

Subscriber onlyBENTONVILLE — A North-West Arkansas Community College decision on purchasing a section of railroad stalled Monday night as college trustees requested more information. Trustees were hesitant about the $2. 5 million price set by the Arkansas Missouri Railroad, but also asked about environmental impacts, future road construction and how they could sell the narrow strip of railroad included in the deal that stretches outside the campus. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 12, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Students Gain Perspective On Veterans Day

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Each student at Greer Lingle Middle School was to honor a veteran by writing his or her name on red construction paper bricks that march down the school halls. When the eighth-grader asked about veterans in the family, her father told her to remember “Damian Lopez,” the name of his young cousin who died serving in Iraq. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Flight Program Looks To Move To Rogers Airport

Subscriber onlyAn expanding program at Mercy Medical Center and a vote by the City Council could mean two medical helicopters will be based in Rogers. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 9, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Education Foundation Announces Honors

Senator, teacher, philanthropist, leader to be added to Rogers’ Wall of Distinction

Subscriber onlyFour people will be recognized for their contributions to local education when their names are added to the walls outside Rogers’ high school auditoriums in 2014. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 8, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rooting Experience Teaches Science Of Plants

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Students stood around the slatted tables in the greenhouse at Rogers High School armed with scissors and a half-dozen varieties of plants. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 7, 2013 at 3:45 a.m.

New Tests Chart Rogers' Student Learning

Some schools debut parent report

Subscriber onlyTeachers are getting new recommendations for student goals after a new testing system rolled out in Rogers Public Schools this fall. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Nov 2, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Job Hunters Converge On Rogers

Fair has largest attendance in six years

Subscriber onlyThe 1,400 job seekers at Northwest Arkansas Job Fair made for near-record attendance Tuesday. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 30, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Bike Train Building Steam In Rogers

Subscriber onlyROGERS — There were 20 children the first day the bike train rolled into Janie Darr Elementary School. The new school, located on Mount Hebron Road in southwest Rogers, started a Friday bike-to-school program in October and in just a few trips, has grown to include about two dozen children. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 29, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Experiments, Projects Key To Math Learning

Subscriber onlyTangible elements play a major role in math classes at the middle school and high school levels. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 26, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Northwest Arkansas Agencies Connect Employers, Disabled Workers

Subscriber onlyDisabled isn't a term in Nick Amburgey’s vocabulary. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 19, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Little Library Brings Books To Rogers Neighborhood

Subscriber onlyPreschoolers reacted with jumps of joy as the red curtain fell Thursday morning, revealing the miniature library at First Friends Preschool at First Christian Church. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 18, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Spanker Creek Show Opens Season

Subscriber onlyShoppers strolled through the grassy aisles between tents at the Spanker Creek Farm Arts & Crafts Fair on Wednesday, opening the first day of fall craft fair season. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 17, 2013 at 3:35 a.m.

Rogers Elementary School Next Likely Construction Project

Subscriber onlyBy the fall of 2017-18 Rogers School District might need another school. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 16, 2013 at 1:22 a.m.

State Standards Changes Offer Challenge To Schools

Subscriber onlyAdvocates for and against changes to school curriculum don’t agree on much, but both say numbers don’t tell the whole story. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 13, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Education Expert Touts Reading As Key To Language Skills

Subscriber onlyComic books taught him to read, Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus of education at the University of Southern California, told teachers gathered Thursday at a conference of Arkansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Northwest Arkansas Girls Explore Technology Options

Lowell's J.B. Hunt Transport Hosts Conference

Subscriber onlyLocal businesswomen and academics touted technology jobs to 125 girls attending a Girls in IT conference at J.B. Hunt Transport Services on Wednesday. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 10, 2013 at 1:38 a.m.

Rogers Arts School To Rewrite Dress Code

Subscriber onlyThe dress code will be re-evaluated at Benton County School of the Arts following one family’s effort to allow their daughter to keep a strip of blue hair. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 9, 2013 at 1:49 a.m.

Records Request Stirs Pea Ridge Controversy

Subscriber onlyA medical records request by the Pea Ridge School District spiraled into a debate on human immunodeficiency virus and disability accommodations. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 5, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Sixth-Graders Visit Space Simulation

Mobile science lab lends hands-on experience to Lingle students

Subscriber onlyStudents are trying out their space skills in the Race for Planet X simulation this week at Greer Lingle Middle School. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 3, 2013 at 1:10 a.m.

Arts School Annual Report Notes Test Scores

Subscriber onlySlipping test scores were part of the presentation Tuesday during Benton County School of the Arts annual report to the public. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 2, 2013 at 2:07 a.m.

Tuck's Chapel Fire Likely Caused By Electrical Problem

Subscriber onlyAssessment of damages caused by a fire Friday is ongoing at Tuck’s Chapel. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Oct 1, 2013 at 1:35 a.m.

Gift Card Rewards End For Advanced Placement Tests

Springdale, Rogers districts adjust plans

Subscriber onlySchool-level support will carry on a statewide program that once helped districts pay to increase student participation in math, science and English Advanced Placement classes, according to Northwest Arkansas administrators. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 29, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Foster Children Learn Defensive Skills

Subscriber onlyFoster children learned to resist attacks during a class held by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office this week. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 28, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Stevette’s Owner Retiring After 16 Years In Rogers

Subscriber onlyOwning her own boutique clothing shop has been a dream come true for Stevette Mayes for 16 years, but her life will take on a new chapter as she retires from her shop, Stevette’s Fine Fashions, later this year. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 26, 2013 at 2:55 a.m.

Volunteers Clean Up After Bike Rally

Subscriber onlyVolunteers swept away the last traces of Bikes, Blues & BBQ early Sunday morning. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 23, 2013 at 2:19 a.m.

Wait Lists Targeted

Administration For Weatherization Program Now Headquartered In Fort Smith

Subscriber onlyThe leader of an agency that oversees a statewide weatherization assistance program hopes a change in supervision for this area means a shorter waiting list for help. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 21, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Officials: Math Error Drops Rogers High School On National Report

Subscriber onlyA glitch in the America’s Most Challenging High Schools list left Rogers’ high schools at opposite ends of the state spectrum with scores that officials said do not represent the schools. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 20, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Board Approves $154 Million Budget

Subscriber only School Board members approved the finalized $154,142,041 budget for the 2013-14 school year during their meeting Tuesday night. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 18, 2013 at 2:09 a.m.

Display Memorializes Victims

Subscriber onlyAdvocates, police and family members launched a traveling display Monday memorializing Arkansas victims of domestic violence. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 17, 2013 at 2:47 a.m.

Plans Drawn For Rogers High-Rise Building

Subscriber onlyAn addition to the Rogers skyline could appear on the horizon pending the outcome of a Planning Commission meeting Tuesday. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 16, 2013 at 2:15 a.m.

Rogers Board Denies Woman's Work Appeal

Subscriber onlyAn appeal Tuesday night ended in tears for a woman who asked the Rogers School Board to look at the expungement of her felony record and not just the record. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 13, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Rogers Community Organizer Dies

Subscriber onlyAthlete, philanthropist and community organizer Virginia “Ginnie” Mocivnik died Thursday. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 13, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Veterans Honor Patriot Day

Subscriber onlyA small group stood at Rogers Municipal Airport on Wednesday night, candles raised to remember the fallen from Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor those serving in the military, police and fire. Continue reading...

By Amye Buckley Posted: Sep 12, 2013 at 3:54 a.m.

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