Ryan McGeeney
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Recent Stories
Students Try Hand At Business
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAM TEACHES KIDS ABOUT FREE ENTERPRISE
BENTONVILLE — Springdale elementary school students got a taste of the free market Wednesday morning as they took part in an entrepreneurial exercise at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Read More »
NWACC COSTS: Tuition Hike Looks Likely
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD MUST DECIDE BY APRIL 12 MEETING
BENTONVILLE — Students attending NorthWest Arkansas Community College will likely face higher tuition costs beginning with the second summer session, college administrators indicated Monday. Read More »
Expansion Sought
HEALTH, SCIENCE PROGRAMS NEED MORE SPACE
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — One thing can be said about the science curriculum at NorthWest Arkansas Community College — students have the opportunity to know their teachers. Read More »
Adult Education Looking Ahead To New Location
ROGERS — For the largest General Education Development testing facility in the state, there’s just one problem: It’s completely out of room. Read More »
Immigrant Population Experiences Shift In Recession
On a brisk February afternoon, Javier Trejo, bundled to the neck against the cold, operated a high-powered electric ratchet, spinning the lug nuts from a customer’s tire. Read More »
Students Gather Unexpected Donations For Haiti
BENTONVILLE — He’ll be taking more than medicine and money with him when Bill Moore makes his next trip to Haiti. Read More »
College Moves Forward On Bidding
BENTONVILLE — Students, teachers and administrators at NorthWest Arkansas Community College came one step closer to enjoying a little extra elbow room Thursday. Read More »
Funding For Programs, Security Considered
BENTONVILLE — NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Land Use Committee will consider funding requests for several major campus projects today as it meets for the first time since January. Read More »
Students Sought For Advanced Programs
BENTONVILLE — Parents listened Monday to the challenges and rewards associated with two of the most rigorous programs offered at Bentonville High School. Read More »
District OKs New Start Times
STAGGERED SCHEDULE WILL REDUCE OVERALL NUMBER OF BUS ROUTES
BENTONVILLE — Some students in the Bentonville School District will need to rise a little earlier to make the bus next fall. Read More »
Latest photos:
Cathy Ross, left, Ben Sherrill, 12, and Alex Baron, 10, peer out at bird on Beaver Lake on Saturday during Hobbs State Park’s winter bird walk, one of a half-dozen excursions and activities hosted on park grounds Saturday. The bird walk attracted a dozen birders from around Northwest Arkansas.
Published January 17, 2010
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TANKER TREATED Members of Gravette’s Fire Department add the chemical F-500 to the contents of a water tanker near the scene Tuesday of a 2,000-gallon gasoline leak in Gravette. The chemical is used to reduce surface tension of water and prevent combustible material and flammable liquids from burning. The treated water was later flushed through sewer lines to cleanse the sewer of any gasoline.
Published January 13, 2010
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AIMING TO SAVE: Sam Reyna, energy management educator for the Bentonville School District, aims an infrared temperature gauge at a heating vent Tuesday while responding to a service alert at Bentonville High School. Reyna monitored the changes in air temperature while talking to Tim Brasel, the district’s environmental specialist and maintenance coordinator, who manipulated the room’s compressor from a building several miles to the west. Reyna’s office controls the computerized system that automatically adjusts the temperatures in every room throughout the district’s 15 schools.
Published January 6, 2010
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Rogers firefighters talk Monday morning as smoke billows from a house in northeast Rogers. No fatalities were reported at the house, located near East North Street at 1005 N. Arkansas St.
Published January 5, 2010
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Kayla Norbash, a preschool child care worker at Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, holds one of about 30 children in the shelter’s care. The shelter provides emergency housing for children throughout Arkansas removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Shelter administrators are coordinating a $9 million endowment fund in preparation for an expansion of services in 2011.
Published December 31, 2009
Photo by Ryan McGeeney