Little Rock School Board starts process of referring member over ‘possible ethical concerns’ with outside paid work
The Little Rock School Board voted 5-3 late Thursday night to work with its lawyers to refer board member Vicki Hatter to Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva for "possible ethical concerns" with ...
Demolition approved for Adelaide Hall building in downtown Fort Smith after fire damage proves too much
The historic W.M. Fishback/Adelaide Hall building in downtown Fort Smith, which burned in the early morning hours of Nov. 6, was approved for demolition Thursday by the Central Business Improvement ...
Public asked to help as Fort Smith police probe attempted robbery
FORT SMITH -- Fort Smith police are investigating after they say one person was injured in an attempted robbery. The incident occurred at a residence in the 3300 block of North 27th Street, according ...
Benton County Quorum Court approves increased building permit fee schedule for new construction
Anyone wanting to do a new construction project in unincorporated Benton County will have to pay more to obtain a building permit starting Jan. 1.
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Washington County Quorum Court restores funding for HIV clinic
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Quorum Court voted unanimously Thursday to include about $193,000 for the Washington County HIV Clinic in the county's 2025 budget. The money was added to the budget through an ...
Montana reforms show the way to lower housing costs, Urban Land Institute conference told
The state of Montana did what Northwest Arkansas must do to make housing affordable again, attendees of the Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas Summit Conference were told Thursday.
Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from ...
Election complaint filed by Pulaski County Election Commission over error that affected four voters
The Pulaski County Board of Commissioners delivered an election complaint Wednesday to the state Board of Election Commissioners, a Pulaski County Board official confirmed Thursday.
Driver in Fort Smith high-speed pursuit faces manslaughter charge after passenger killed in wreck
A Paris man who police say fled a state trooper, resulting in a high-speed pursuit that left his passenger dead, is facing ...
POPNOTES | OPINION: That hurtin’ feeling
When Jesse Eisenberg was 16, he wrote a play about how a young man named Allan Stewart Konigsberg, an aspiring stand-up ...
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Washington County gets more than 100 bids on covid-related jail expansion project
FAYETTEVILLE -- With more than 100 bids on 30 individual construction packages for the covid mitigation project at the Detention Center, Washington County officials will now have to review each bid in ...
UA researcher receives $650,000 grant to study poultry disease
Research is being conducted to evaluate a new solution using a vaccine to prevent an intestinal disease in poultry that costs ...