Drive-By Shooting Reported

SPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night. Continue reading...

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PEOPLE & PLACES

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Kinion, Fire Cat Compete In Ward 2

Voters in Ward 2 have a choice between a candidate who said he holds a libertarian view of government and one who said he’s analytical and pragmatic. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Oct 10, 2010 at 6:10 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Dickey, Adams Vie For Ward 4 Slot

FAYETTEVILLE — Jeff Dickey and Rhonda Adams have different arguments to convince voters to elect them as the next alderman for Fayetteville’s Ward 4. But only one will get the job. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Oct 10, 2010 at 6:08 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Ordinance Changes Proposed

NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS UNDER REVIEW

FAYETTEVILLE — Nonprofit groups, charities and religious institutions operating in neighborhoods could find it easier to make their locations known if proposed changes to Fayetteville's sign ordinance come to pass. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Oct 4, 2010 at 5:43 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

LAKE SEQUOYAH: City To Remove Docks

DETERIORATING CONDITIONS CAUSE CONCERN, PARK OFFICIALS SAY

FAYETTEVILLE — The deteriorating condition of boat docks at Lake Sequoyah have park officials planning to remove them and weighing whether they will be replaced. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 30, 2010 at 5:16 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Block Work On Hold During Bike Rally

FAYETTEVILLE — Construction work on Block Avenue will be mostly suspended for the rest of the week, because of the Bikes Blues & BBQ rally which starts today. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Updated: September 29, 2010 1:25 p.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

$1.45 MILLION SHORTFALL: City To Mull Property Tax Rate

MAYOR OFFERS THREE OPTIONS TO FILL REVENUE DEFICIT

FAYETTEVILLE — Members of the City Council are reluctant to embrace a property tax increase to balance the city’s budget hole. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 29, 2010 at 5:41 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

BEAVER LAKE PROTECTION: Officials Want Clean Water

ORDINANCE COULD LIMIT DEVELOPMENT NEAR STREAMS

FAYETTEVILLE — In a move to keep the drinking water in Beaver Lake clean, Fayetteville city officials are proposing restricting development near streams. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 28, 2010 at 5:58 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Bikes, Blues & BBQ Ready To Rumble

Officials deal with residential parking enforcement

FAYETTEVILLE — The residential streets around Dickson Street may get slightly quieter -- and emptier -- during this year's Bikes, Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally. The rally officially begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday night. But for the first time in the rally's 11-year history, bikers will not be allowed to park on streets that are now part of the city's residential permit parking district. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 26, 2010 at 6:29 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Council Candidates Bog Down In Parking Debate

FAYETTEVILLE — Like so many public policy conversations in Fayetteville these days, all roads at a forum for City Council candidates Friday led to paid parking on Dickson Street. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 25, 2010 at 5:23 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

City Rolls Back Rates

COUNCIL ALTERS PARKING FEE TIMES

FAYETTEVILLE — Amid impassioned pleas by Dickson Street merchants about depressed business activity, the City Council rolled back the start time for parking rates in its entertainment district to midafternoon. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 22, 2010 at 5:53 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Library To Get New Teen Section

SPACE REDESIGN MOVING FORWARD

FAYETTEVILLE — The Young Adult section at the Fayetteville Public Library is growing up with more shelf space, more study area and a definitely swankier new look with soaring multi-colored sail-like panels overhead. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 21, 2010 at 5:39 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

City Council To Review 2011 Budget

FAYETTEVILLE — A prolonged sluggish economy is keeping a tight grip on finances at the City Administration Building. As the City Council enters its annual budget season, the region’s economic circumstances have created little wiggle room in city coffers, prompting officials to consider undesirable options such as dipping again into reserve, raising property taxes or cutting services. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 19, 2010 at 6:04 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Fayetteville Called ‘Bicycle Friendly’

FAYETTEVILLE — Those miles of bike trails, “Sharrow” markings and maybe even the arrival of pedal-powered taxis have gotten the attention of national bicycle enthusiasts. The League of American Bicyclists has recognized Fayetteville as a Bicycle Friendly Community at the bronze level. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 19, 2010 at 4:55 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Animal Shelter Busiest In Area

County Officials Look To Build Facility

The steady stream of pets coming into the Fayetteville Animal Shelter from areas across Washington County makes it the busiest shelter in Northwest Arkansas. Many animals are adopted or claimed, but hundreds are euthanized every year. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 17, 2010 at 6:06 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Restaurateurs Skewer Paid Parking

Compromise Offered To Bring Customers Back to Dickson Street

FAYETTEVILLE — Dickson Street restaurant owners said the one-month-old paid parking program is killing business. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 17, 2010 at 5:43 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Flag Pole Tower To Provide Wireless Service

FAYETTEVILLE — Expect to see a flag flapping in the breeze high over an apartment complex off of Leverett Avenue. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 17, 2010 at 5:40 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

It’s A Flag, It’s A Pole, It’s Wireless Internet

FAYETTEVILLE — Expect to see a flag flapping in the breeze high over an apartment complex off of Leverett Avenue. About 50 feet high. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 16, 2010 at 5:40 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Chamber Official Says Economy Improving

MORE THAN 400 JOBS CREATED IN FAYETTEVILLE

FAYETTEVILLE — The Chamber of Commerce pointed to job growth numbers and business expansion as an indication of improving economic conditions in Fayetteville. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 15, 2010 at 5:39 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

A&P To Use Same Ad Firm

COMMISSION TO STAY WITH SELLS AGENCY, CURRENT INSURANCE BROKER

FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission will use the same advertising agency and the same insurance broker it has used in the past. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 14, 2010 at 5:41 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

City Acquires SouthPass Parkland

200 ACRES WILL GO TO CREATE A NEW PARK SITE IN FAYETTEVILLE

FAYETTEVILLE — About 4:30 Monday afternoon, Fayetteville’s parklands grew by about 200 acres. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 14, 2010 at 5:37 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Businesses Get Into Bartering

LOCALS LEGALLY TRADE SERVICES BETWEEN EACH OTHER TO SAVE MONEY

FAYETTEVILLE — Stuart Walker, owner of Clubhaus Fitness on Dickson Street, will get some printing done, as well as have his windows washed. And he may even have a little welding done around his health club. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 13, 2010 at 5:45 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

210 ACRES: SouthPass Deed Not Filed

DESPITE DEADLINE CITY HAS NOT ACQUIRED LONG-AWAITED LAND

FAYETTEVILLE — Despite a Friday deadline, the city did not file a property deed to acquire long-awaited land anticipated to become a large regional park in south Fayetteville. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 11, 2010 at 4:56 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

BOARD CONSIDERS BUYING AMP

FAYETTEVILLE — The Walton Arts Center does not plan to wait until it builds a new theater before it adds new venues for rock performances. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 9, 2010 at 5:37 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

ARTS EXPANSION: Center Narrows Site List

OFFICIALS CULL TO 15 HOPEFULS

FAYETTEVILLE — The Walton Arts Center culled its list of possible expansion sites to 15. Twenty-five proposals from across Benton and Washington counties were submitted in early August. The Walton Arts Center Facilities Committee unanimously endorsed the recommendation of the Walton Arts Center senior staff to trim the list to a final 15 after weighing the proposals against site selection criteria set by the arts center council. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 9, 2010 at 5:35 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Arts center trims possible sites to 15

List includes 11 in Benton County

FAYETTEVILLE — The Walton Arts Center has culled its list of possible expansion sites to 15, with most of those being in Benton County. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 9, 2010 at 4:09 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Council OKs License Program

BUSINESS DATA WILL BE COMPILED

FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce will have an impressive new net to gather reams of economic development data in the future. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 8, 2010 at 5:53 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

ACREAGE AQUISITION City May Get Parkland This Week

SOUTHPASS MAY LOSE LAND TO FAYETTEVILLE IF PAYMENT TO BANK IS MISSED

FAYETTEVILLE — By the end of this week, the city should own more than 200 acres for a regional park in south Fayetteville that officials have been anticipating for six years. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 7, 2010 at 4:59 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

City May Get Parkland This Week

SouthPass May Lose Land If Payment To Bank Missed

FAYETTEVILLE — By the end of this week, the city should own more than 200 acres for a regional park in south Fayetteville that officials have been anticipating for six years. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 5, 2010 at 6:19 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

NORTHERN LIGHTS Museum, theater folks mingle during fundraiser

FAYETTEVILLE — Guests at the Arkansas Air Museum’s hangar at Drake Field frolicked among vintage aircraft and endured sweltering heat for an event dubbed “Meet Us in the South Pacific for ‘Some Enchanted Evening.’” Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 5, 2010 at 3:39 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Housing Board Looks For Infrastructure Money

FAYETTEVILLE — Paying for the construction of infrastructure such as sewers and streets in a planned affordable housing neighborhood could be paid through the homeowners’ monthly housing costs. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 3, 2010 at 5:21 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Festival Panel Drafts Website Report

GROUP EXPECTED TO HAVE INFORMATION ‘SHOP’ DONE IN NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS

FAYETTEVILLE — People who want to organize festivals in Fayetteville will soon have little reason to have unanswered questions. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Sep 2, 2010 at 5:45 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Pedal Taxis Hit Streets

PEDICABS OPERATE IN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

FAYETTEVILLE — No need to hoof it around Dickson Street any more. Now, you can let someone else do the hoofing. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 30, 2010 at 5:56 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Fayetteville Airport Explores Marketing Ideas

FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Executive Airport is jetting into the modern age as it considers signing up for Facebook. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 28, 2010 at 5:51 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Fayetteville To Begin Parking Enforcement

LENIENCY TO BE LIFTED FRIDAY

FAYETTEVILLE — Motorists have only one more day of leniency when it comes to paid parking in the area of Dickson Street. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 26, 2010 at 5:34 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Residents Question Solar Project

DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER FROM ROOF

FAYETTEVILLE — Residents attending a discussion of the Fayetteville Public Library Solar Test-Bed Project wondered about the typical worries of homeowners. How might hail and lightening storms affect the roof-mounted solar panel system, they asked. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 25, 2010 at 5:33 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

INCREASING ITEMS: Library Collection Grows

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MONEY HELPS PURCHASE BOOKS, OTHER ITEMS

FAYETTEVILLE — Funds from the city’s capital improvement budget accounts for most of the money used to purchase books and other items to check out of the library. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 24, 2010 at 5:43 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

PAID PARKING STATIONS: Damage Estimates Unverified

OFFICIALS CAN’T BACK UP CLAIMS OF $15,000 IN VANDALISM

FAYETTEVILLE — City officials on Monday could not back up their claim late Friday that vandals had caused $15,000 in damages to new equipment installed to implement paid parking on and around Dickson Street. Continue reading...

By Dan Craft, Skip Descant Posted: Aug 24, 2010 at 5:39 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

CAT Misses Deadline

CONTRACTOR’S PROPOSAL ARRIVES ONE MINUTE AFTER CUTOFF POINT

FAYETTEVILLE — Every minute counts when working with city hall. Just ask Fayetteville Community Access Television. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 23, 2010 at 5:58 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Paid Parking System Gets Mixed Reactions

EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT PROGRAM HAS LITTLE PARTICIPATION AS SOME LOOK FOR CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES

FAYETTEVILLE — Paid parking in the Dickson Street entertainment district could have some unplanned side effects -- like healthier and more toned restaurant service staff. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 23, 2010 at 5:47 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Another Contender Announces For Ward 4

FAYETTEVILLE — The paid parking plan in the Dickson Street entertainment district has already energized at least one resident to seek public office. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 21, 2010 at 4:46 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Some Festivals Will Need to Look Beyond Dickson Street For Space

Now that the Walton Arts Center parking lots are no longer available for unlimited festival use, some event organizers will need to look at other locations. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 20, 2010 at 5:55 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Growing Economic Development Is All About The Power Of Place

FAYETTEVILLE — Building on what makes a community a unique experience should be as much a part of the economic development tool kit as attracting the next big employer. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 20, 2010 at 5:48 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

WALTON ARTS CENTER EXPANSION: Family Offers Free Land

10 ACRES, VALUED AT $4.5 MILLION, WOULD BE DONATED BY MARINONIS

FAYETTEVILLE — Aug. 2 may have been the deadline to submit site proposals for a dreamed-of expansion of the Walton Arts Center, but that doesn’t mean the wheeling and dealing is done. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 19, 2010 at 5:48 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Marinonis offering 10-acre donation

Upgraded proposal among 25 put forth for Walton Arts Center expansion

FAYETTEVILLE — Aug. 2 was the deadline to submit site proposals for a possible expansion of the Walton Arts Center, but that doesn’t mean the wheeling and dealing is done. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 19, 2010 at 4 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

City OKs Pedal Taxi Fleet

COUNCIL ALLOWS PEDICABS

FAYETTEVILLE — Getting to a Razorback football game this fall may have just become easier, thanks to a new fleet of pedal taxis to hit the streets. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 18, 2010 at 5:42 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Meeting Raises Parking Questions

MAYOR HOSTS TOWN HALL SESSION

FAYETTEVILLE — It was probably inevitable that if the first day of a new paid public parking program falls on the same day as the mayor's town hall meeting, he might receive some questions -- and even a few concerns. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 17, 2010 at 5:44 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Ordinance Targets Cars Parked At Repair Shops

FAYETTEVILLE — A pea-green 1970 Ford Maverick that's been living in the parking lot of Old School Garage on College Avenue may have to soon find a new home. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 16, 2010 at 5:48 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook

Dickson Paid Parking Starts Monday, Sort Of

FAYETTEVILLE — Come Monday, parking in the three lots surrounding the Walton Arts Center will require payment. Continue reading...

By Skip Descant Posted: Aug 13, 2010 at 5:46 a.m. Share: Email | Twitter | Facebook