Local Opinion

Opportunities for rural communities and small towns have never been greater.

In keeping with the spirit of the moment (or temporary insanity -- sometimes it's hard to tell these days), I'm going to voice my outrage at the sheer audacity…

A friend of this editorial page, one whose insights graced its pages for years, departed this life last week.

People may think I exaggerate the effects of politics on our lives. And yet, it's so hard to find an area where it hasn't stuck its grimy fingers. It's worse t…

Don House has spent four decades photographing and writing about the Arkansas Ozarks. From his base in Hazel Valley in rural Washington County, he has explored…

Flags flew above stoops. Charcoal flamed as burgers sizzled. Potato salads varied, from mom's downward. And, most likely, many people remembered, if for a mome…

It was a unanimous 8-0 vote of the City Council nearly a year ago to ban the sale of dogs and cats within Fayetteville by anyone other than the city's own anim…

Editor's note: The original version of this column was published Dec. 28, 2013.

Partisans are the problem, along with uninformed people.

I hope you read Gwen Faulkenberry's May 1 column (nwaonline.com/51refugee/) relating her religious story. We too often keep religious views to ourselves. World…

"Our children have become unknowing participants in a decades-long experiment."

It may sound odd to those who haven't experienced the scenic tranquility of Harrison's historic Maplewood Cemetery that its annual fall review of flaming red a…

As a teenager, I and my fellow students at Little Rock's Mills High School took the ASVAB test. It was, and still is, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Ba…

Is Northwest Arkansas growing too fast?

A study of emergency department records at two Level 1 trauma medical institutions in Arkansas during 2018 found frequent dog bite injuries inflicted on childr…