AT A GLANCE: School Board Filings
At A Glance School Board Filings The following candidates filed Tuesday for school board seats in Benton County. The filing period ends at noon July 9. The election is Sept. 17.
View ArticleDowntown Lots Zoned For Higher Density
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a rezoning request Tuesday night for four lots in southwest downtown to make room for additional houses.
View ArticleJorgenson Gets A Raise
Evelyn Jorgenson, the new president at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, will earn 3 percent more in salary this fiscal year than what the Board of Trustees originally approved.
View ArticleCommittee OKs Security Camera Request
A request for more digital security cameras in and around the county courthouse got the Quorum Court Finance Committee’s approval Tuesday.
View ArticleProsecutors Charge Elkins Woman
Prosecutors have filed a formal charge against an Elkins woman accused of attempting to hire a woman to kill her ex-husband.
View ArticleRogers Man Sentenced To 15 Years
A Rogers man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to drug and sex crimes.
View ArticleAT A GLANCE: School Board Filings
At A Glance School Board Filings The following candidates filed Wednesday for school board seats in Benton County. The filing period ends at noon Tuesday. The election is Sept. 17.
View ArticleFirst Friday Schedules Two Day Of Festivities
The patriotic spirit will continue after July 4 with First Friday’s two-day American Art and Music Festival.
View ArticleSecond High School Survey Completed
Information gleaned from a survey will help the committee campaigning for a second high school this summer, said Michael Poore, School District superintendent.
View ArticleCharter School Drawing Students From Region
The new charter school opening next month on Melissa Drive is expected to draw students from at least five area school districts, the headmaster said this week.
View ArticleHistoric Cemetery Cleaned Up
Under layers of dead leaves and fallen limbs lay dozens of field stones scattered around an empty plot of land on the edge of Allencroft subdivision in Bentonville.
View ArticleThree Locations Considered For Courts
A group searching for a new home for Benton County courts met with architects Hight-Jackson Associates Tuesday to begin a study.
View ArticleJuvenile Justice System Looking For Options
Benton and Washington counties may lead the way on how juvenile cases are handled in the state.
View ArticleMARRIAGE LICENSES: July 8th
June 27 James Andrew Dir, 49, and Kimberly Joy Parks, 33, both of Raytown, Mo.
View ArticleLAWSUITS: July 8th
June 27 City of Rogers, Arkansas v. William Trotter and Dixie Trotter Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Kayla R. Vicente Midland Funding LLC v. Danny Becklund Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Charles T....
View ArticleSuperintendent Active Online
Not many school superintendents in Arkansas communicate with the public in as many ways as Bentonville’s Michael Poore.
View ArticleNew Pharmacy Proposal To Be Considered
The Bella Vista Planning Commission will discuss large-scale development plans for a pharmacy, to be located on the site where Macs Get N Go and Decker Eye Clinic are currently at the intersection of...
View ArticleAmbulance Service Fee On Ballot Today
Voters in the Northeast Benton County Fire Department’s emergency medical services district will decide today on a proposed $60 per year increase in the dues they pay for ambulance service.
View ArticleBentonville Reviewing Solicitation Ordinance
Regulations for door-to-door sales are back on the City Council agenda tonight with revisions to an ordinance aldermen sent back to the city’s legal staff last month.
View ArticleIllinois River Splash Set For July 20
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership will hold the Illinois River Splash on July 20.
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