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Stories by Doug Thompson
Speeding up process key to more affordable housing in Bentonville, study finds
BENTONVILLE -- Fifty-one percent of Bentonville's residents would have difficulty paying for a place to live if they were moving there today, according to an affordability study by local builders,...
February 5, 2023
Illinois River work to decrease phosphorus needs to be open, group says, while Arkansas farmers wonder what more they can be asked to do
Environmental advocates in Oklahoma want any proposed solutions to pollution from Arkansas to be more open to the public, speaking in the aftermath of a federal court ruling poultry litter puts too mu...
January 29, 2023
Almost 18 years later, Oklahoma wins lawsuit against Arkansas poultry firms over Illinois River pollution
Oklahoma won its lawsuit against Arkansas poultry producers over pollution of the Illinois River, which runs between the two states, according to a recent court ruling.Wednesday's ruling in U.S. D...
January 20, 2023
Almost 18 years later, Oklahoma wins lawsuit against Arkansas poultry firms over Illinois River pollution
Oklahoma won its lawsuit against Arkansas poultry producers over pollution of the Illinois River, which runs between the two states, according to a recent court ruling.Wednesday’s ruling in U.S....
January 19, 2023
Arkansas, Oklahoma officials to host public meeting on Illinois River
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. -- Improving water quality in the Illinois River is the subject of a public meeting Jan. 24 hosted by Oklahoma and Arkansas natural resource protection agencies.The meeting ...
January 14, 2023
Republicans reelect Anzalone to seat on Benton County Election Commission
ROGERS -- Benton County Election Commission chairman Russell Anzalone of Bella Vista won reelection Thursday in a meeting of the county's Republican committee after County Judge Barry Moehring pra...
January 13, 2023
State, federal governments request public check of broadband claims
The state and federal governments are asking for a reality check on Arkansans' internet access.The State Broadband Office made a public request Friday for Arkansans to open the Federal Communicati...
January 10, 2023
More doctors, fewer prisoners and better education on NWA’s list for Legislature
State help to get another 100 medical residents training as doctors in the region tops the list of the Northwest Arkansas Council's legislative priorities, the council's president said Friday....
January 8, 2023
Former FBI agent who destroyed evidence in Springdale lawmaker’s kickback case avoids jail
FORT SMITH -- A federal judge Thursday sentenced former FBI special agent Robert Cessario of Bentonville to three years of probation for destroying evidence in a public corruption case that sent three...
January 6, 2023
Former FBI agent who destroyed evidence in Springdale lawmaker’s kickback case avoids jail
FORT SMITH -- A federal judge Thursday sentenced former FBI special agent Robert Cessario of Bentonville to three years of supervised probation for destroying evidence in a public corruption case that...
January 5, 2023
Big projects to tiny details, planner Jeff Hawkins leaves long legacy in Northwest Arkansas
Multimillion-dollar projects such as connecting the Razorback Greenway and closing the gap in Interstate 49 between Arkansas and Missouri stand out when reviewing Jeff Hawkins' tenure as director ...
January 3, 2023
Big projects to tiny details, planner Jeff Hawkins leaves long legacy in Northwest Arkansas
Multimillion-dollar projects such as connecting the Razorback Greenway and closing the gap in Interstate 49 between Arkansas and Missouri stand out when reviewing Jeff Hawkins' tenure as director ...
January 1, 2023
Northwest lawmakers expect education policy changes as 2023 legislative session looms
Education changes will top the Legislature's agenda when the General Assembly convenes Jan. 9, a prospect most Northwest Arkansas lawmakers interviewed looked forward to.Exactly what changes to ed...
January 1, 2023
Weather puts trial in FOI suit on pause
FAYETTEVILLE — The trial in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Washington County regarding access to and notice of a county committee’s meetings was interrupted by frigid weather...
December 23, 2022
‘Opportunity zones’ made to order for Springdale, developers and city, leaders say
SPRINGDALE -- Ken Hall could not believe what he was reading in early 2018. He asked a colleague to double-check.A just-passed change in federal tax law aimed to help people in lower-income areas by e...
December 18, 2022
Washington County jail expansion passes Quorum Court despite opponents warnings of lawsuits, investigation
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Washington County Quorum Court voted 11 to 4 to spend federal covid relief money on an expansion of the county jail, despite opponents' warnings the move is legally dangerous.&...
December 16, 2022
Number of young lawmakers expanding at next Arkansas Assembly
The number of state lawmakers 45 or younger will jump from 30 to 40 when the next Arkansas General Assembly convenes in January, creating one of the largest delegations of relatively young lawmakers i...
December 5, 2022
Younger lawmakers form Arkansas Future Caucus aim to bridge political gap
The number of state lawmakers 45 or younger will jump from 30 to 40 when the next Arkansas General Assembly convenes in January, creating one of the largest delegations of relatively young lawmakers i...
December 4, 2022
State to inspect six sites in search for NWA shooting range, but decision will take months
The state Game and Fish Commission will inspect at least six sites among the more than 30 submitted for a shooting range in Northwest Arkansas, a staff member overseeing the project said Monday.Commis...
November 30, 2022
Preserving Black history in Northwest Arkansas a challenge worth meeting, equality advocates say
FAYETTEVILLE -- The history of race relations in Fayetteville and Washington County did not begin in 1954, when the Fayetteville School District became the second in Arkansas to obey the U.S. Supreme ...
November 27, 2022
Potter’s House offer of $1.865 million for Jefferson Elementary accepted by Fayetteville School Board
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville Board of Education accepted a $1.865 million offer from the nonprofit Potter's House for the site and buildings of Jefferson Elementary, with the bid's stronge...
November 18, 2022
Northwest Arkansas sends most-ever legislators to Capitol
Voters picked Northwest Arkansas’ largest-ever legislative delegation Tuesday, and incoming members said they expect the “corner caucus” to have greater influence at the Capitol.&ldq...
November 14, 2022
Larger NWA delegation sees changes coming to Legislature
Voters picked Northwest Arkansas' largest-ever legislative delegation Tuesday, and incoming members said they expect the "corner caucus" to have greater influence at the Capitol."We...
November 13, 2022
GOP has strong showing in state Senate and House races for Northwest Arkansas
Republicans almost swept contested state Legislative races in Benton and Washington counties, but Democrat David Whitaker of Fayetteville kept his seat, complete but unofficial results show.Whitaker&#...
November 9, 2022
Republican House candidates in Northwest Arkansas raise more campaign cash than Democrats with four exceptions
Four Northwest Arkansas Democratic candidates raised more money for their state House races than their Republican opponents, state campaign finance records show. Those four campaigns ran counter to Re...
November 4, 2022
Arkansas trooper from Springdale protests his photo’s use in candidate’s campaign flyer
SPRINGDALE -- The state Senate campaign of Rep. Clint Penzo, R-Springdale, used a photograph of an Arkansas State Police trooper without the trooper's permission and despite the trooper's unde...
November 2, 2022
Family agrees to $3.65 million in second lawsuit over misdiagnosis by Veterans Affairs pathologist
FAYETTEVILLE -- The second of eight wrongful death cases involving a former Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks pathologist's missed diagnoses ended in a $3.65 million settlement Friday, one...
November 2, 2022
Family agrees to $3.65 million in second lawsuit over misdiagnosis by VA pathologist
FAYETTEVILLE -- The second of eight wrongful death cases involving a former Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks pathologist's missed diagnoses ended in a $3.65 million settlement Friday, one...
November 1, 2022
Veteran’s family awarded $4.7M over missed diagnosis
FAYETTEVILLE — A federal judge awarded $4.7 million to survivors of Jerry Kolpek, an Army veteran whose cancer went untreated for more than six years because of a missed diagnosis at the Veteran...
October 29, 2022
Early voting going well all along I-49, according to election officials in Northwest Arkansas, River Valley
Early voting is going at a steady pace comparable to the last nonpresidential election year in 2018, election officials in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley said Friday.There were 21,057 early v...
October 29, 2022
Survivors in veteran’s death get $4.7M for misdiagnosis from VA pathologist who worked while intoxicated
FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal judge awarded $4.7 million to survivors of Jerry Kolpek, a U.S. Army veteran whose cancer went untreated for more than six years because of a missed diagnosis at the Veterans...
October 28, 2022
Survivors in veteran’s death get $4.7 million for misdiagnosis from VA pathologist who worked while intoxicated
FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal judge awarded $4.7 million to survivors of Jerry Kolpek, an Army veteran whose cancer went untreated for more than six years because of a missed diagnosis at the Veterans Hea...
October 28, 2022
Fayetteville School District employees to receive $2,200 in bonuses
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville Board of Education approved $2,200 in bonuses to its employees, to be paid in $1,100 halves in November and May.The payments to 1,425 employees will cost $3.9 million ...
October 28, 2022
Veteran’s family awarded $4.7M over missed diagnosis
FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal judge awarded $4.7 million to survivors of Jerry Kolpek, an Army veteran whose cancer went untreated for more than six years because of a missed diagnosis at the Veterans Hea...
October 28, 2022
Family details veteran’s suffering during trial on misdiagnosis at Fayetteville VA hospital
FAYETTEVILLE -- Knowing Jerry Kolpek died from a crime made his death harder to take, members of his family testified in the civil trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks on Wednes...
October 27, 2022
Family details suffering in lawsuit against Fayetteville VA
FAYETTEVILLE -- The trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks continued Wednesday in federal court with family members describing physical and emotional suffering Jerry Kolpek experi...
October 26, 2022
Family details veteran’s suffering during trial on misdiagnosis at Fayetteville VA hospital
FAYETTEVILLE -- Knowing Jerry Kolpek died from a crime made his death harder to take, members of his family testified in the civil trial against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks on Wednes...
October 26, 2022
VA misdiagnosis trial begins with testimony from deceased
FAYETTEVILLE -- The trial in the first of eight lawsuits over missed diagnoses by a Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks pathologist began Tuesday with two hours of recorded testimony from a pati...
October 26, 2022
Trial against Fayetteville VA begins with testimony from deceased
FAYETTEVILLE -- The trial in one of eight lawsuits against the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks related to missed diagnosis by a former pathologist began today in federal court with two hours...
October 25, 2022
Major parties nominate women for new House districts in NWA
Northwest Arkansas gained four state House seats in the redrawing of legislative district boundaries last year. Women are the only major-party candidates in three of those new seats.The Democratic and...
October 23, 2022
Governor: There is no mandate for covid vaccinations for schoolkids
FAYETTEVILLE -- There's no mandate for schoolchildren to get covid vaccines, there won't be in Arkansas and concerns there will be are based on misinterpreting what the federal Centers for Dis...
October 22, 2022
Republican Moore faces Libertarian Hanson in new House District 23 in Washington County
LINCOLN -- New state House District 23 will pick its first state representative in the Nov. 8 election.The state redrew legislative district boundaries after the 2020 U.S. census. Washington County ga...
October 21, 2022
Keep up aid to Ukraine, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells forum in Bentonville
BENTONVILLE -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking at a forum hosted by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, warned Wednesday against scaling back military aid to Ukraine."To our friends in...
October 20, 2022
The results are in: Judge dismisses lawsuit in House District 25 Republican primary
VAN BUREN -- A circuit judge on Thursday dismissed the election challenge to Crawford County's results in the state House District 25 Republican primary.Candidate Jody Harris of near Fayetteville ...
October 16, 2022
Northwest Arkansas losing 20 acres a year to erosion in the Illinois River basin, conference told
SILOAM SPRINGS -- Twenty acres of Northwest Arkansas erodes into the Illinois River and its tributaries every year, people attending a conference on preserving the river's watershed learned Tuesda...
October 16, 2022
The results are in: Judge dismisses lawsuit in House District 25 Republican primary
VAN BUREN -- A circuit judge dismissed Thursday the election challenge to Crawford County's results in the state House District 25 Republican primary.Candidate Jody Harris of near Fayetteville fil...
October 14, 2022
Duke, Gill in contest for northwest Benton County’s House District 12 seat
GRAVETTE -- Republican nominee Hope Duke faces Michael Gill of the Libertarian Party in the state House race for extreme northwest Benton County's District 12.Duke's brother, Sen. Jim Hendren ...
October 13, 2022
Two competing for House seat
ROGERS — The reelection bid of Rep. John Carr, R-Rogers, faces a challenge from Democratic nominee Rachel Cox in downtown Rogers’ House District 15.District 15 reaches Hudson Road on the n...
October 13, 2022
Downtown Rogers state House district to choose between Carr, Cox
ROGERS -- The reelection bid of Rep. John Carr, R-Rogers, faces a challenge from Democratic nominee Rachel Cox in downtown Rogers' House District 15.District 15 reaches Hudson Road on the north an...
October 11, 2022
No Republican candidates attend Washington County candidate forum
FAYETTEVILLE -- Every Democrat and Libertarian invited to a Washington County candidate forum attended Monday, but no Republicans did."I'll show up," Democratic nominee Josh Moody said, ...
October 11, 2022
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