State: Eco-Vista Landfill in Tontitown free to start using its expanded area
TONTITOWN — The state will allow Eco-Vista Landfill to start using a 10-acre expansion still under appeal because the existing landfill is running out of room,…
TONTITOWN — The state will allow Eco-Vista Landfill to start using a 10-acre expansion still under appeal because the existing landfill is running out of room,…
FAYETTEVILLE -- Flood control and leaking water lines were topics raised at a public forum Wednesday on revising the state's water plan.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The U.S. Postal Service will move some mail distribution from Fayetteville to Oklahoma City despite local objections, the service announced Tue…
Record-setting construction of commercial property in Northwest Arkansas kept pace with demand, the latest Arvest Skyline Report shows.
BENTONVILLE -- Tanya "Tawny" Hinton posthumously received a national award for heroism Monday for her Aug. 29, 2022, attempt to save a drowning boy.
Northwest Arkansas remains on track to reach 1 million in population by 2050, a figure in line with earlier projections and supported by the latest data from t…
TONTITOWN -- Positively identifying the source of pollution found in the air in Tontitown will require more testing. That was a finding of the company conducti…
A coalition will receive a $3.9 million grant to conserve and restore War Eagle Creek in Northwest Arkansas, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announc…
An Arkansan with Alzheimer's disease is more likely to be cared for by a family member or friend with their own chronic health problems than the resident of an…
SPRINGDALE -- Retired University of Arkansas professor Samuel Totten wanted to go farther east during his last Ukraine trip. His translator refused. Any farthe…
BOONEVILLE -- Logan County's District 9 justice of the peace race was left off a few Republican primary ballots, but the mistake was caught early and the count…
CENTERTON -- Misty Elam resigned from the Centerton City Council on Tuesday because her husband took a job in Louisiana and they are moving there, she said in …
FAYETTEVILLE -- Bills passed by the Republican supermajority in the Legislature drive up attendance at Democratic Party functions and greatly help party fundra…
BENTONVILLE -- Objections to electronic voting led a Benton County justice of the peace challenger to request a recount in his race for the District 1 seat.
EUREKA SPRINGS -- The city's police chief Thursday praised the community's support of both police and the family of a man killed Friday by an officer.
TONTITOWN -- State environmental inspectors found a trash fire in the Tontitown mayor's backyard Feb. 6, while air quality sampling took place nearby, state do…
Bank executive Randy Torres defeated Siloam Springs Fire Chief Jeremey Criner in western Benton County's state House District 17 race, a Republican primary wit…
Two parents from Boone County pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor Medicaid fraud in Pulaski County Circuit Court in a case investigated by his office's Medica…
The most expensive legislative primary in Northwest Arkansas so far is Benton County's District 14 Republican race between Nick Burkes and Joshua Hagan, campai…
TONTITOWN -- Further air quality testing near the Eco-Vista landfill found higher-than-recommended levels of two chemicals potentially harmful to human health,…
Swarm Aero of Oxnard, Calif., will open an “advanced, high-volume” manufacturing site for crewless military aircraft in Northwest Arkansas, the company announc…
BENTONVILLE -- 'Antiques Roadshow,' public television's series where experts appraise the value of local residents' keepsakes, will come to the Crystal Bridges…
TONTITOWN -- The Arkansas National Guard has completed a second set of air samples near the Eco-Vista landfill in Tontitown, but analysis of those results will…
Circuit Judge Robin Green's private attorney sent a cease and desist letter to candidate Sarah Phillips in the Benton County prosecuting attorney's race for us…
A bill to exempt Oklahoma poultry growers from environmental lawsuits such as the one Oklahoma recently won against poultry companies in Arkansas passed the So…
SPRINGDALE -- Getting a Ukraine military aid package through the House requires more than overcoming the resistance of those who simply oppose any such assista…
BENTONVILLE -- The Benton County prosecuting attorney's race presents a choice between the chief deputy and a former deputy prosecutor who says the time has co…
BENTONVILLE -- The Benton County prosecuting attorney's race presents a choice between the chief deputy and a former deputy prosecutor who says the time has co…
SILOAM SPRINGS -- The March 5 Republican primary will decide who will represent Siloam Springs and the rest of District 17 in the state House of Representative…
BENTONVILLE -- Plans to convert the area around the drained site of Lake Bella Vista into a park are on track and, if all goes well, construction should begin …
Attorneys and witnesses in favor of expanding the Eco-Vista landfill in Tontitown argue environmental monitoring there is effective and meets all legal require…
ROGERS -- Benton County has reached a pivotal time when it could "ease back into being a blue county again," controlled by Democrats and supporting Democratic …
Two Rogers entrepreneurs compete in the state House District 15 Democratic primary, hoping to unseat two-term Republican incumbent Rep. John Carr.
Attorneys and witnesses in favor of expanding the Eco-Vista landfill in Tontitown argue environmental monitoring there is effective and meets all legal require…
Benton County has reached a pivotal time when it could "ease back into being a blue county again," controlled by Democrats and supporting Democratic statewide …
Monitoring of the Eco-Vista landfill in Tontitown for pollution of groundwater and streams is inadequate, an expert witness for opponents of the landfill's exp…
CENTERTON — Benton County’s state House District 14 race hosts a Republican Party primary between an accountant and a Realtor, each hoping to put his skills to…
Ty Bates and Brad Hall, both political newcomers and cattle ranchers, are seeking the Republican nomination for state House District 24 in Crawford and Washing…
Supporters of voter initiatives on freedom of information must decide whether to proceed with a state constitutional amendment close to what they wanted or to …
Northwest Arkansas had its first brush with higher-than-recommended ozone levels in the air at ground level in 2023, state monitoring shows.
Supporters of voter initiatives on freedom of information must decide whether to proceed with a state constitutional amendment close to what they wanted or to …
BENTONVILLE -- The City Council accepted a grant to help Bentonville residents afford electric bikes despite two council members' reservations about the city g…
FAYETTEVILLE -- State government wants other Arkansas hospitals to follow Washington Regional Medical Center's lead in opening slots for new medical residents …
While the recent cold might have been shocking to anyone out in it, the record low temperatures seen over the past few mornings are neither uncommon nor a harb…
The record low temperatures seen over the past couple mornings are neither uncommon nor a harbinger of things to come, according to the National Weather Servic…
FAYETTEVILLE -- Travel distance is an obvious factor in the proposal to move some mail distribution from Fayetteville to Oklahoma City, but not the only one, t…
FAYETTEVILLE -- Opponents to racial progress are organized and acting strategically, more so than advocates for justice, author Nikole Hannah-Jones told a crow…
A virulent strain of malaria caused the death of a truck driver found in a Mansfield grocery store parking lot in November, a state Crime Laboratory autopsy de…
TONTITOWN -- Air quality tests near the Eco-Vista landfill found "elevated readings of sulfur dioxide," prompting the state to ask for more extensive tests, do…
The American Red Cross of Northwest Arkansas needs more volunteers, the organization says.