Northwest Arkansas construction adds to I-49 wrecks
Interstate 49 drivers recognize the blue flashing lights of the Arkansas State Police cars. Troopers were sent to 832 interstate wrecks last year in Benton and…
Interstate 49 drivers recognize the blue flashing lights of the Arkansas State Police cars. Troopers were sent to 832 interstate wrecks last year in Benton and…
Water topped 6 feet inside the War Eagle Mill on Monday as the creek rose and coursed through the building.
WAR EAGLE -- Water rose more than 6 feet inside the War Eagle Mill on Monday as the river surrounded the building.
The automobile is still king of the road in Northwest Arkansas, rolling through the vast majority of state and federal money dedicated to transportation improv…
Building new roads and expanding existing ones will likely remain the primary answer to the region’s traffic woes, but less costly and quicker solutions can be…
Tim Conklin experiences all the road projects in Northwest Arkansas without getting in his car. Maps illustrating work underway or in development paper the wal…
Tired of those orange barrels up and down Interstate 49? Ready for a break from the white-knuckle experience of driving between a concrete barrier and a semitr…
The state is taking from three pots of money to cover the expected $410 million it needs for improvements to Interstate 49 and its interchanges in Northwest Ar…
SPRINGDALE -- U.S. Rep. Steve Womack assured city leaders from across the state Friday that he'll continue fighting for their right to collect sales taxes on a…
Third District Rep. Steve Womack assured city leaders from across the state Friday he'll continue fighting for their right to collect sales tax on all online …
Jose's on Dickson Street is closed and will reopen next year as JJ's Grill.
Business leaders must change outside perceptions of Arkansas and train homegrown employees to increase the area's technology workforce, Mike Malone, president …
ELM SPRINGS -- The Planning Commission Monday unanimously supported rezoning 311 acres for a wind farm. More than a dozen residents spoke out against the plan.
Elise Pennington spent 19 years caring for people as a nurse. Now she is part of the growing number of women working their way into the funeral business.
The growing number of funeral options from cremations to celebrations are making burying a loved one more convenient and comforting.
Central Research plans to add 50 jobs over the next couple of months, doubling its Northwest Arkansas workforce, the company said Friday.
Arkansas earned a last-place spot in America's Health Ranking with 55 percent of its residents visiting the dentist last year, compared to a national rate of 6…
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art elevated Northwest Arkansas' cultural prominence when it opened in 2011, and now the Walton Family Foundation is explori…
Arkansas Children's Hospital has hired someone with a experience in large construction projects to lead its new Springdale hospital.
ROGERS -- Northwest Arkansas' low unemployment and high job growth rates are squeezing local employers.
Outside supporters and booster clubs account for about two-thirds of the nearly $2.7 million spent in 2014 on high school athletics in Northwest Arkansas' larg…
SPRINGDALE -- Mario Guerra has called himself an Arkansan for more than 25 years. Now he can call himself an American.
Alan Shepard's golf swing on the moon is an iconic moment in the 1971 Apollo 14 mission, and as it turns out, that moment has a Rogers connection.
ROGERS -- Alan Shepard's golf swing on the moon is an iconic moment in the 1971 Apollo 14 mission. A piece of that history is now on display in Rogers.
LOWELL -- Northwest Arkansas is used to running in the front of the pack when it comes to economic growth. The area's 4.1 percent job growth, 3.9 percent unemp…
Residential building permits were up 14.9 percent in Benton and Washington counties in the first half of this year compared with the same time in 2014, accordi…
SPRINGDALE -- The Urban League of Arkansas plans to open an office in Springdale early next year.
SPRINGDALE -- Eggs were 29 cents a dozen, bread was a nickel a loaf, and milk fetched a dime for a quart when Harvard and Floy Harp used $500 to open Harps Cas…
The Urban League of Arkansas plans to opens an office in Springdale early next year.
A sand sculpture may seem like an unusual way for a manufacturer to celebrate an anniversary, but for one known for making trowels it's a natural fit.
A small contingent of doctors and cancer survivors from the Marshall Islands visited Arkansas last month to create a cancer survivorship plan that will be part…
SPRINGDALE -- Northwest Arkansas just took one step closer to getting Internet speeds at home that can download 100 songs in 3 seconds or 10 high-definition mo…
SPRINGDALE — Northwest Arkansas just took one step closer to getting Internet speeds at home that can download 100 songs in 3 seconds or 10 high-definition mov…
Northwest Arkansas' skyline is starting to look a bit more metropolitan. An increasing number of buildings are stacking up -- from a 10-story office building a…
Northwest Arkansas hoteliers have more than just school pride on the line when the Razorbacks kick off this afternoon. A winning season on the field translates…
Ryan Quattrocchi was confident he chose the right place to live for his sophomore year even though the apartments were under construction when he signed the le…
Teri Hayden was named chief nursing officer of system clinics at Washington Regional in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE -- H. Dennis Smiley Jr. admitted to federal investigators he had been living beyond his means for at least the past decade, leading him to borrow …
H. Dennis Smiley Jr., former head of Arvest Bank of Benton County, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud Tuesday in federal court. Sentencing will be at a …
The numbers are high for an island nation with a population of about 55,000.
Two nonprofit groups plan to open five resource centers in the state in the coming months to provide legal services, leadership development opportunities and c…
SPRINGDALE -- Two nonprofit groups plan to open five immigrant resource centers statewide within the next month to provide legal services, leadership developme…
Community members are invited to a block party tonight to celebrate the opening of an Immigrant Resource Center at 1301 E. Robinson Ave., Suite B6 in Springdal…
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas helped more than 2,200 people in Northwest Arkansas find jobs in its last fiscal year, the group's leader said recently.
A newly opened center hopes to improve the health of the local Marshallese community, keep the changes going for generations with education and outreach, and s…
BENTONVILLE -- Grants totaling more than $15 million are reshaping Northwest Arkansas Community College's culinary program and fueling Bentonville's growing fo…
Paula Boyle remembers growing up with an uncle who had Down syndrome and rarely left the house. She was determined her son would have a better life after he wa…
A newly opened center hopes to improve the health of the local Marshallese community, keep the changes going for generations with education and outreach, and s…
SPRINGDALE -- Thousands of Northwest Arkansas families could avoid the trip to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock if the hospital can raise $70 millio…
Arkansas Children's Hospital plans to build a hospital in Springdale on land donated by Gary and Robin George, a hospital spokesman said recently.