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Fayetteville Church Hosts Queer Camp
By: Jose Carranza FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. (UATV) –A Fayetteville church looks to help the LGBTQ+ community by hosting a summer camp. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church plans to host the “Queer” camp this summer. Church Pastor, Clint Schnekloth said that in previous years the church hosted Science & Faith and Interfaith Camp but that “this year seemed the…
Landlord’s Representative Registry
By: Jose Carranza FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. (UATV) –A Fayetteville ordinance requires landlords to provide a designated representative to the public. After receiving input from neighbors and other Fayetteville residents, City Council Member Teresa Turk said that she started to draft the landlord registry ordinance. “When there was an issue, such as needing to repair a fence, adjacent…
NWA senior citizens transition back to pre-pandemic life as vaccinations accelerate
By: Heidi Kirk Arkansas is meeting milestones with vaccination rollouts, and one vulnerable population is starting to transition back to normal. After a year of missing birthday bashes and bingo games, Helen Roderick is one of many senior citizens who received their COVID-19 vaccines and are gathering together again for the first time in over…
Record setting low temperatures accompany this week’s snow
By: James Morgan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Northwest Arkansas saw some snow earlier this week, but it was the cold temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday morning that set records, both locally and in the River Valley. The snow that fell Tuesday afternoon was Fayetteville’s second latest snowfall on record, behind May 3, 2013, when the…
City of Fayetteville Hosts Litter Clean-Up Events in Honor of Earth Day
By: Lexy French FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Throughout the week, Fayetteville Parks and Recreation hosted litter clean-up events in honor of Earth Day. Volunteers were given supplies such as gloves, litter grabbers, and vests, along with an Earth Day T-shirt. City of Fayetteville’s Environmental Educator, Heather Ellzey, said the events help clean multiple areas in the…
Arkansas transgender legislation receives backlash
By: James Morgan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Arkansas legislature passed several bills in March and earlier this month that restricted certain health care and sporting privileges for transgender youth. One of these bills, the SAFE Act, was vetoed by Governor Asa Hutchinson before being overridden by both the Arkansas House and Senate and signed…
The Fayetteville farmers market is back on the square
By: James Morgan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – After over a year of online ordering and workarounds, the Fayetteville farmers market is back in person at the Fayetteville Town Square on Saturday mornings. The farmers market received a special permit from the city to return to the square on March 20, just over a year after…
NWA Pride plans in person parade for June
By: James Morgan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Northwest Arkansas Pride is planning for an in person parade this June after a series of completely virtual events in 2020. “We are working with the City of Fayetteville, multiple departments, including the board of health, to try to figure out how to do a safe parade this…
UARK students return to the Rome Center this summer
By: James Morgan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Rome Center is reopening for University of Arkansas students this summer. Twenty-nine students will go to Rome this May for a summer session at the Rome Center. This is about 40 percent of the normal capacity for summer programs in Rome. “We are specifically accommodating students who…
Ketchup Can’t Catch Up!
By: Hailey Middleton FAYETTEVILLE, ARK (UATV)– When the pandemic began, sit down restaurants were forced into the takeout lifestyle requiring more ketchup packets. Causing many fast food restaurant chains to run out of ketchup packets. Restaurants started increasing their orders of take out style supplies like condiment packets, plastic cutlery, and straws. As delivery and…