Fight between Highfill and Northwest Arkansas National Airport over detachment lands in court

Traffic passes the Highfill welcome sign Oct. 15, 2022, along Arkansas 12 near Highfill City Park. 
(File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
Traffic passes the Highfill welcome sign Oct. 15, 2022, along Arkansas 12 near Highfill City Park. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)

HIGHFILL -- Highfill is suing Northwest Arkansas National Airport to stop the airport from leaving.

Airport officials voted last month to begin deannexing from Highfill.

The Arkansas Legislature earlier this year passed a law that allows the airport to deannex by a two-thirds vote of the airport authority board.

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