Northwest Arkansas News
FORT SMITH -- Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva visited the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on Friday to talk to the public about the LEARNS Act…
by Monica Brich June 3, 2023ROGERS -- Matt Taliaferro called it a "huge moment."
by Al Gaspeny June 3, 2023The Razorback Greenway is a national recreation trail, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Friday.
by NWA Democrat-Gazette June 3, 2023Two people were killed and two more injured in wrecks on Arkansas roads Thursday and Friday morning, according to preliminary fatality reports from the Arkansa…
by Grant Lancaster June 3, 2023Arrests
by Stacy Ryburn June 3, 2023A group of performers got together a few months ago to talk about how they might bolster the offerings of Northwest Arkansas’ already robust theater scene. The…
by NWA Democrat-Gazette June 2, 2023ROGERS -- A crowd of about 30 attended a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the re-opening of the Boys & Girls Club of Benton County's Rogers Unit on Friday morning.
by Al Gaspeny June 2, 2023FAYETTEVILLE — Thousands of Walmart employees returned Friday morning to Bud Walton Arena for the retailer’s annual Associate Celebration. It was the second ye…
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette June 2, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- A Prairie Grove man was convicted of three counts of rape by a Washington County Circuit Court jury Thursday, according to prosecutors.
by Ron Wood June 2, 2023ELM SPRINGS -- Walmart Inc. employees call the Elm Springs Supercenter the "store of the future" because it's used to test new ideas in a real-life shopping en…
by Serenah McKay June 2, 2023VAN BUREN -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation is objecting to the baptism of 38 detainees in the Crawford County Jail and the Sheriff's Office promoting th…
by Tracy Neal June 2, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- Samuel Sean Appling pleaded guilty Thursday to killing a rural Washington County man in an agreement allowing Appling to avoid a possible death…
by Ron Wood June 2, 2023FARMINGTON -- A proposed regional effort to train both adults and high school students how to program, operate and fix advanced industrial robots met with inte…
by Doug Thompson June 2, 2023SPRINGDALE -- Police on Sunday arrested a man in connection with holding a woman hostage and brutally torturing and raping her over 13 hours.
by Laurinda Joenks June 2, 2023Arrests
by Tracy Neal June 2, 2023