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Homeless Coalition sees plans for Hope Campus

Plans for the Riverview Hope Campus were unveiled on Friday (Oct. 19) at the monthly meeting of the Old Fort Homeless Coalition (OFHC). The OFHC is hoping that a move…

UA Women’s Giving Circle awards eight grants

Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe helped handout more than $100,000 to eight grant winners Thursday (Oct. 18) on the University of Arkansas campus. The Women’s Giving Circle presented the checks…

NWACC to host expanded funeral science program

BENTONVILLE—Two institutions of higher education are joining forces to offer more students access to a funeral science program. Arkansas State University-Mountain Home will expand its funeral science program to the…

Computer access improves at Van Buren library

Lines for the children’s computer area at Van Buren Public Library just grew a little shorter thanks to a concerned parent and some area children intent on improving their learning…

188th troopers return from ‘airplane work’

Only the 188th Fighter Wing could pry Vicky Allen’s arms away from her son Kyle. But on Friday (Oct. 12) each of the returning 280 members had missions of their…

Traffic congestion costs NWA $103 million annually

Anyone who lives in Northwest Arkansas is fully aware of the traffic congestion the region suffers from an insufficient road infrastructure still trying to catch up to the area’s 437,000…

NWACC cuts nearly $2 million from budget (updated)

BENTONVILLE — The NorthWest Arkansas Community College Board of Trustees found another $900,000 in proposed, deeper budget cuts during Monday’s (Oct. 8) meeting. The cuts come from freezing many unfilled…

Fort Smith Chamber asked to promote motorcycle tourism

Grady Spann, superintendent of the Ozark Folk Center and an 18-year veteran in the Arkansas State Parks System, encouraged Fort Smith to get its motor running for motorcycle tourism on…

NWACC selects 6 semifinalists for top job

BENTONVILLE – The presidential search committee for NorthWest Arkansas Community College has chosen six semifinalists for the position of NWACC President. The semifinalists and their current or most recent titles…

‘Paint Your Page Pink’ pushed by The City Wire

In support of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The City Wire is encouraging individuals, businesses and organizations in the Fort Smith region and Northwest Arkansas to place a pink…

Fort Smith joining Great American Cleanup effort

The effort to beautify Fort Smith is ready to get its hands dirty again, following its inaugural event as part of the Great American Cleanup (GAC) in April. In 2011,…

Changes planned for sex offender registry system

Lloyd Jones was a model registered sex offender. Following his 2001 conviction for rape, he was paroled in 2008 and received discharge two years later. “He was one of my…

Weather satellite issue not a problem for Arkansas – yet

There are replacement refs, talk about replacing a coach (think John L. Smith), and now in the mix is a replacement weather satellite. Accuweather.com was one of the first to…

NWACC releases applicant list for school’s top job

NorthWest Arkansas Community College released the list of applicants Tuesday (Sept. 25) vying for the school’s top job as President Becky Paneitz will retire in June after a decade of…

Student-led project helps feed community

FAYETTEVILLE – What started in part as a college project turned into a program that helped feed a community in need this summer. Megan Lankford, a University of Arkansas horticulture…

Washington County infuses insurance funds

FAYETTEVILLE — The Washington County insurance benefit fund got an additional $450,000 Thursday (Sept. 20) as the Quorum Court voted to add the money to avoid adverse actions from the…

Single Parent Scholarship: Lifeline to many

Shael McDonald had been a successful, well-respected paralegal for 15 years when people from the law firm where she worked encouraged her to earn a college degree. McDonald wasn’t the…

Electronics, therapy focus of ATU-Ozark events

Through a partnership with eSCO, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus will sponsor an electronic recycling event Tuesday, Sept. 25. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside…

NWACC discusses budget shortfall and better news

BENTONVILLE — The estimated 2.7% decrease in enrollment will mean about $785,000 less in revenue for NorthWest Arkansas Community College, which was already expecting a shortfall for the budget year….