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Donations Key To Rogers Site

Board Could Make Decision On Music Pavilion Tuesday

Subscriber onlyWalton Arts Center administrators provided more detail Friday about the rationale for wanting to move the Arkansas Music Pavilion to Rogers. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 25, 2013 at 3:50 a.m.

Rogers Move Possible For Arkansas Music Pavilion

Walton Arts Center Board To Discuss Permanent Venue Change

Subscriber onlyMembers of the Walton Arts Center’s board could decide to pull the plug on the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville on Tuesday. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 24, 2013 at 2:35 a.m.

Police Officer Arrested

Wife Reports Assault, Battery

Subscriber onlyA decorated Rogers police sergeant has been suspended from duty following his arrest Saturday in connection with a domestic disturbance in Lincoln. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 21, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Old Post Office Again Under Contract

Restaurateur Eyes Historic Property

Subscriber onlyThe old post office building in the center of the downtown square could soon have a new owner. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 21, 2013 at 5 a.m.

West Fork Officials Face Sewer Decision

Subscriber onlyWest Fork City Council members received an update last week on a state financing package that will help the city tie into Fayetteville’s sewer system. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 20, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Glass Recycling Grows

Program Turns Beer Bottles Into Building Material

Subscriber onlyPeople’s drinking habits on Dickson Street are helping low-income families save money on utility bills. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 18, 2013 at 4:28 a.m.

City Lands Trails Grant

Money Will Help Separate Pedestrian Path, Street at Lake Fayetteville

Subscriber onlyA $75,000 grant announced last week will help pay for a new section of the paved trail at Lake Fayetteville. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 16, 2013 at 5 a.m.

City Eyes Woolsey Homestead

Study Would Identify Preservation Costs

Subscriber onlyWith aldermen’s approval, city staff will begin looking at what it would take to restore a historic homestead on Fayetteville’s west side. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 15, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Commission Recommends Bond Issue

Subscriber onlyIt’s now up to the City Council to refer an $11.9 million bond issue to Fayetteville voters. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 14, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Pryor Center Prepares For Move

History Hub Among New Uses Planned For Downtown Square

Subscriber onlyTheir bags aren’t packed yet, but Pryor Center employees are getting ready to set up shop in the mostly vacant building on the east side of the square. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 12, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Group Gears Up For Bike To Work Week

Subscriber onlyCity employees and the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks are challenging people to make their daily commute on two wheels next week. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Council Delays Market Vote

Aldermen To Give Proposal More Time To Take Root

Subscriber onlyCity Council members can’t seem to figure out what to do about the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 8, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Trail Art Planned

Sculpture Part Of Hank Kaminsky’s ‘Sacred Ground’ Series

Subscriber onlyRunners, walkers and cyclists could soon pass a new piece of artwork on the Fayetteville trails. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 7, 2013 at 5 a.m.

High-Rise Gets Help

Federal Grant To Pay For Hillcrest Towers Repairs

Subscriber onlyA $3.5 million federal grant for exterior improvements to Hillcrest Towers could help cement the public housing project’s place in downtown. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 6, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Two Injured In Dickson Street Shooting

Subscriber onlyA shooting early Saturday on Dickson Street sent two people to the hospital with injuries not life-threatening, according to Fayetteville police. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 5, 2013 at 5 a.m.

West Side Street Planning Begins

Rupple Road To Be Extended, Widened

Subscriber onlyCity Council members got their first look this week at plans for Rupple Road improvement. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 3, 2013 at 5:14 a.m.

Aldermen Willing to Help with Housing Project

Subscriber onlyA nonprofit group with plans to build homes for people of modest means in southeast Fayetteville could get a $1 million boost from the city to help pay for the project. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: May 1, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Students Learn Job-Hunting Skills

Data Shows Better Prospects For This Year’s Graduates

Subscriber onlyHigh school students got a real-world lesson in finding a job Friday. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 27, 2013 at 3:57 a.m.

Groups Seek Commission Money

Beer Festival, Motorcycle Rally Study Planned

Subscriber onlyA new beer festival and an established motorcycle rally are among 16 groups seeking money from the Advertising and Promotion Commission this spring. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 27, 2013 at 3:53 a.m.

Botanical Garden Growth Raises Concern

Subscriber onlyMore than 100 people came to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks on Wednesday to hear about plans to expand the garden’s footprint on land it leases from the city. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 25, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Commission Approves Deck Plans

Subscriber onlyPlanning commissioners got their first, and last, look at designs for a downtown parking deck on Monday. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 23, 2013 at 5 a.m.

New Law Could Encourage Energy Efficient Building Improvements

Subscriber onlyA new state law could make it easier for Arkansans to make energy efficiency improvements to their homes or businesses. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 21, 2013 at 2:58 a.m.

Market May Close Streets

Ordinance Would Allow Expansion On Square

Subscriber onlyThe Fayetteville Farmers’ Market could close all four streets on the downtown square Saturday mornings if aldermen approve an ordinance in the weeks ahead. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 17, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Library Still Interested in City Hospital

Board Asks For More Time To Complete Space Assessment

Subscriber onlyPublic library officials need more time to decide if they want to buy the former City Hospital property. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 16, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Airport Board Braces For Cuts

Subscriber onlyIt’s been a wild ride the past couple of months at the Fayetteville Executive Airport. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 12, 2013 at 3:17 a.m.

Arts Center Seeks Encore

More Lobby, Theater, Office Space Would Be Added With $20.6 Million Project

Subscriber onlyResidents filled the Walton Arts Center’s McBride Studio on Wednesday to hear about the organization’s future in Fayetteville. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Council Set To OK Contract

Rogers Firm Chosen By Selection Committee For Parking Deck

Subscriber onlyThe City Council will likely hire Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. to build a downtown parking deck. Aldermen are set to award a construction management contract to the Rogers-based company next week. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 10, 2013 at 5 a.m.

New Commission Members Selected

Withers, Ferrell To Replace Schmitt, Davis

Subscriber onlyA split Advertising and Promotion Commission appointed two new members Monday. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 9, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Botanical Garden Looks to Expand

Growth Plan At Odds With Lake Fayetteville Trail

Subscriber onlyThe dirt trail around Lake Fayetteville may have to be rerouted if the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks follows through with plans to add new amenities. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 8, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Council Ponders Farmers' Market Policies

Subscriber only Don’t expect major changes Saturday when the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market opens for another year on the downtown square. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 3, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Trails, Street Work Discussed at Town Hall Meeting

Subscriber onlyCity officials reviewed a host of street, sidewalk and trail improvements that residents can expect in the coming months during Mayor Lioneld Jordan’s first town hall meeting of the year. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Apr 2, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Building Boom

Officials Respond To Enrollment, Housing Growth

Subscriber only Enrollment growth at the University of Arkansas means there will be thousands of new heads to find pillows for in Fayetteville. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 31, 2013 at 2:05 a.m.

Casey's Hits Roadblock

Law Discouraging Curb Cuts Could Nix Fuel Station Plans

Subscriber onlyCity Council members will decide whether Casey’s General Store can build a gasoline station with access to Wedington Drive. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 27, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Commission Delays Condo Vote

Project Would Fall Within Streamside Buffer

Subscriber onlyA developer with plans for a south Fayetteville condominium project will go back to the drawing board in an effort to comply with the city’s streamside protection ordinance. Planning commissioners voted unanimously Monday to reconsider an exemption to the ordinance at their April 8 meeting. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 26, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Developer Plans Condos

City’s Streamside Protection Ordinance Could Force Changes

Subscriber onlyDevelopers’ plans to build a 68-unit condominium project at 15th Street and Razorback Road may have to be adjusted to conform with the streamside protection ordinance. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 25, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Company To Scrap Tyson Plant

Dallas Metal Trader Will Pay City

Subscriber onlyCity officials are pleased they found someone to salvage material at the former Tyson Mexican Original plant rather than paying a company to demolish the vacant building. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 22, 2013 at 4:54 a.m.

Wedington Plan Approved

Rezonings, Infrastructure Improvement Could Follow In West Fayetteville

Subscriber onlyWest Fayetteville residents could see new plans for street, sidewalk and trail improvement and city-initiated rezonings as a result of a Wedington Corridor Plan aldermen unanimously approved Tuesday. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 20, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Environmental Group Reviews Goals

Transportation, Trash Issues Top List For 2013

Subscriber onlyStudying public transportation, reducing plastic foam packaging and keeping more construction and demolition waste out of the landfill are some of the items members of the Environmental Action Committee plan to discuss this year. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 19, 2013 at 5 a.m.

City Eyes Urban Agriculture

Policy Changes Could Promote More Gardens, Animals

Subscriber onlyLocal food advocates and city staff want to start looking at policies to promote urban agriculture. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 17, 2013 at 2:42 a.m.

Committee Eyes Street Projects

City To Set Plan For Remaining Bond Money

Subscriber onlyAldermen are nearing a decision on how to reallocate money in the city's Transportation Improvement Bond Program. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 16, 2013 at 2:23 a.m.

Residents Attend Transit Forum

Residents Attend Transit Forum

Subscriber onlyAbout 50 people came to a League of Women Voters forum Thursday at the Fayetteville Public Library to hear Mayor Lioneld Jordan and Ozark Regional Transit officials talk about plans for expanded public transit in Northwest Arkansas. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 15, 2013 at 3:56 a.m.

City Schedules Parking Deck Meeting

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Residents are invited to a public input session Tuesday to review plans for a downtown parking deck. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 9, 2013 at 3:14 a.m.

City Opposes Cable Law

Legislation Will Establish State Television Franchise

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Officials are critical of a new law they say will strip cities ability to negotiate contracts with cable television providers. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 8, 2013 at 3:33 a.m.

Council Wants Plan for Former Tyson Property

Aldermen Also Approve Raises For City Employees

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — City Council members on Tuesday asked Mayor Lioneld Jordan’s administration to take a closer look at plans for the former Tyson Mexican Original property. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 6, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Roundabout Included In Wedington Plan

Council To Consider Corridor Concept Tuesday

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will decide if a traffic roundabout will be built on Wedington Drive just west of Interstate 540. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Mar 3, 2013 at 2:58 a.m.

New Farmers Market Planned

Options Abound For Local Shoppers

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Shoppers will have more places in town to buy fresh produce this year. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Feb 28, 2013 at 2:46 a.m.

Mayor Proposes Pay Plan

Jordan Pushes For City Employee Raises

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — With the books closed on 2012, Mayor Lioneld Jordan is prepared to increase employees’ salaries above and beyond what City Council members discussed when they approved the city’s 2013 budget. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Feb 27, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Shave the Planet Gets Exemption

Mobile Snow Cone Vendor Can Operate For 180 Days

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — A snow cone stand can operate for 180 days this year on a parking lot near College Avenue and Rollings Hills Drive. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Feb 26, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Alderman Seeks Rules Change for Mobile Vendors

Food Trucks, Snow Cone Stands Limited to 90 Days

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Alderman Matthew Petty wants to see rules for mobile vendors changed as more food trucks, snow cone stands and Airstream trailers open shop in parking lots. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Feb 25, 2013 at 5 a.m.

City to Rework Bridge Contract

Advocate Wants 'Preservation' Efforts to be Clear

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — City Council members will wait at least two weeks before deciding whether to award a design contract for historic bridge work to McClelland Consulting Engineers. Continue reading...

By Joel Walsh Posted: Feb 20, 2013 at 5 a.m.

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