Benton County Finance Committee Meets
BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's Finance Committee had its first meeting of the year and a new courts facility and jail population were two of the issues addressed.
View ArticleBentonville Jury Trial Weeks Away For Matar
BENTONVILLE -- Ali Martin Matar will have only one trial in his criminal case involving the sexual abuse of three students.
View ArticleBentonville Students Respond To Mayor's Service Challenge
BENTONVILLE -- Fulbright Junior High School seventh-graders have been helping to meet needs in the community for the past couple of months.
View ArticleBentonville's Midtown Center Nears Completion
BENTONVILLE -- Office tenants are expected to move into Midtown Center this spring, Doug Bryant, property manager for Walton Enterprises, said Friday.
View ArticleBentonville A&P Reappoints Commissioner
BENTONVILLE -- Todd Darouse was reappointed to the Advertising and Promotions Commission at a special meeting Friday.
View ArticleNWA Tech Council adds education event in 2015
BENTONVILLE — The NWA Tech Council discussed adding an educational event involving area schools to its 2015 line up at a meeting Wednesday.
View ArticleFirefighter benefits bill garners support
BENTONVILLE -- A bill inspired by a Northwest Arkansas firefighter who died of cancer drew strong declarations of support from at least two state lawmakers at a legislative forum in Bentonville on...
View ArticleCounty seeks updated road report
Questions over a proposal to pave Sugar Creek Road have Benton County officials trying to define their roles in managing the county’s road plan.
View ArticleFight looms for historic bridge
BENTONVILLE -- War Eagle Bridge has been a focal point for the community, with area residents lobbying the county to build the bridge a century ago and now fighting to save it.
View ArticleCollege's committee studies costs to start sports program
BENTONVILLE -- Setting up a sanctioned sports program at Northwest Arkansas Community College would cost an estimated $431,519 over the first three years, according to the college board's Sanctioned...
View ArticleTiny-house idea big help for teens
BENTONVILLE -- Some Lincoln Junior High School students applied what they learned in math class to a project that benefited three community organizations.
View ArticleRepairs underway at sheriff's office
BENTONVILLE -- Work to remove what county officials call "microbial growth" in the walls of the Benton County sheriff's office has started.
View ArticleBentonville police to offer training
BENTONVILLE — The Police Department is taking applications for this year’s Citizens’ Academy scheduled to start July 9, according to a news release.
View ArticleBentonville accepting Citizen Police Academy applications
BENTONVILLE -- The Police Department is taking applications for this year's Citizens' Academy scheduled to start July 9, according to a news release.
View ArticleBenton County officials delay action on jail fees
BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's justices of the peace agreed Thursday to delay asking the state for more money for housing inmates in the County Jail, hoping to build a coalition to lobby for higher fees
View ArticleBenton County sets 2016 target for school roads
BENTONVILLE -- Benton County officials are trying to coordinate with several overlapping, but independent, entities to improve access to West High School before it opens next year.
View ArticleLawmaker lauds unemployment system changes
BENTONVILLE -- An overhaul to the state's unemployment insurance system is one of the most important but least-noticed changes of the legislative session, a sponsor of that change said Saturday.
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas autism group gives education grants
BENTONVILLE -- A local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families that deal with autism has branched out into helping local educators, too.
View ArticleBentonville film festival lines up celebrity guests
An event billed as a star-studded affair has named some of its stars.
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