Tom Sissom

FAYETTEVILLE -- Local election officials are preparing for the 2025 session of the Legislature and have identified nearly a dozen prefiled bills that could change how elections are conducted in Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County has taken possession of the former county jail on North College Avenue, but the facility is without cell doors.

SPRINGDALE -- Springdale Water Utilities customers will get a little something extra in the mail this holiday season, a notice of the higher rates they'll be paying for water and sewer service over the next five years.

SPRINGDALE -- A $51 million project to upgrade Springdale's wastewater treatment plant is nearly complete.

Today at 1:00 a.m. Arkansas State Police Lance Fitts, 31, of Crooked Creek Circle in Springdale, was arrested Sunday in connection with battery.

FAYETTEVILLE -- County officials are making plans for a residential substance abuse treatment program that could be housed in the former county jail on College Avenue.

Today at 4:00 a.m. Arrests Fayetteville Casaday London, 33, of 22nd Street in Fayetteville, was arrested Tuesday in connection

Dawn Cross of Bella Vista votes Dec. 3 at the Bella Vista Recreation Center. Area election officials are keeping an eye on bills being prefiled for the upcoming session of the state Legislature that pertain to election rules and regulations. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)

FAYETTEVILLE -- Local election officials are preparing for the 2025 session of the Legislature and have identified nearly a dozen prefiled bills that could change how elections are conducted in Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Washington County HIV Clinic may have a new home at Community Clinic NWA going forward, replacing the long-time partnership that began in 1992 between Benton and Washington counties and Washington Regional Medical Center.