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BENTONVILLE -- Northwest Arkansas Community College's spring enrollment rose 15.9% from last year at this time, according to a news release from the college Tu…
by NWA Democrat-Gazette February 1, 2023Bands of sleet and snow that brought traffic to a standstill across the nation's midsection, canceled thousands of flights and were blamed for six deaths cause…
by The Associated Press February 1, 2023The second wave of an icy weather system that began rolling across the state on Monday arrived in central Arkansas "right on cue" at high noon on Tuesday.
by Daniel McFadin , Grant Lancaster , Remington Miller February 1, 2023LITTLE ROCK -- A Little Rock Central High teacher is defending the Advanced Placement African American Studies pilot course that is under scrutiny for possible…
by Cynthia Howell February 1, 2023The Arkansas House Education Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would restrict transgender people from using the restroom of their choice at school.
by Neal Earley February 1, 2023A bill that would hold pornography websites liable for displaying content to minors passed the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce on Tuesday.
by Will Langhorne February 1, 2023An Arkansas Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that its sponsor Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, said is aimed at effectively ending affirmative action…
by Michael R. Wickline February 1, 2023Ronald Lee Routh, who resigned last week as director of the Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center, pleaded innocent this week in Pulaski County District Cou…
by Dale Ellis February 1, 2023The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. filed a foreclosure complaint in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Tuesday against the owners of Big Country Chateau apartme…
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by Angelyn Dupwe , Micah Farmer February 1, 2023HOT SPRINGS -- A Hot Springs man was arrested Friday morning on a felony charge, accused of sending "sexually inappropriate" Facebook messages to a 15-year-old…
by Steven Mross February 1, 2023A woman was found dead after a Monday evening standoff between law enforcement and a Mountain View man in rural Stone County, according to a Facebook post from…
by Grant Lancaster February 1, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville School Board narrowed its superintendent search to six candidates after a special meeting Saturday.
by Al Gaspeny February 1, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- An off-duty Adair County, Okla., deputy who shot a Washington County man in September pleaded guilty Friday as part of a plea agreement in Wash…
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