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Fayetteville Bond Program Improves Transportation for Residents
By Destiny Washington FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Fayetteville voters passed a $73 million bond program to make transportation easier and safer for everyone. This money will go towards the Transportation Improvement Project. The project has been prioritized by public input during the Fayetteville Mobility Plan. It includes improvements to stop lights, trails, crosswalks and intersections. “We…
Local Bar to Host Game of Thrones Watch Parties
By Sam Hathaway FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–The award-winning series Game of Thrones returned to HBO on Sunday for its eighth and final season premiere. Fans gathered at Prairie Street Bar and Tap to watch the first episode. The second most successful show in Emmy Award history, G.O.T seems to have a little bit of everything for everyone.…
New Head Hogs Coaching Style
by Nicolas Bravo FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The new head Hog’s arrival brings plenty of changes and many fans wonder how his offense compares to former coach Mike Anderson. With Anderson, fans could find his Fastest 40 mantra on shirts and cups, and new head coach Eric Musselman hopes to bring it to the court. “You’ve…
University Offers Chance for Waste Free Event
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–Campus events can yield a large amount of trash, but one University office gives students a chance to have fun while generating zero waste. At least that has been the goal since the University of Arkansas Office of Sustainability established Zero Waste Events in 2014. The first Zero Waste Event to…
Campus Remains Unclean Despite Earth Week Celebrations
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–Earth Week started at the University of Arkansas on April 22, but trash remains an issue around campus. Some of the most common litter items found on the grounds of the University are straws and plastic bottles. Cigarette buds also litter the parking lots and lawns at the edge of campus.…
Health Center Hosts ‘Take Back the Night’ Rally
by Catherine Norris FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.–In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Pat Walker Health Center invites advocates for women’s safety to march to “Take Back the Night.” Sarah Subtle attends the University of Arkansas. She says she feels safe during the daylight hours but night time is a different story. “One time I was walking…
Benton County Juvenile Officials Host Open House for New Shelter
by Drew Smith FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Benton County will soon open a shelter for teenage boys in a renovated space within the juvenile detention center. The Alternative Placement Adolescent Center (APAC) will house up to eight teens, ages 13 to 17, for 90 days. Parents will voluntarily sign their kids into the shelter and nobody…
Not Your Average Home For Two
by Nick Camper SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark.–On the outside, it looks like a bus for a local baptist church, but the inside is a newly remodeled home. Makenna Shepherd and her wife Alondra bought their 1991 International Bus in the hopes of making it a house on wheels. The couple spent close to three months ripping…
Annual Springtime of Youth Festival Takes Place this Saturday
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The Springtime of Youth Music Festival will be this Saturday, April 27, at the Washington County Fairgrounds, 2537 N. McConnell Ave. in Fayetteville. The gates will open to the public at 3:15 in the afternoon and the first concert will start 15 minutes later at 3:30. Five artists will perform…
Goats “Hoof” it Back to Wilson Park
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The goats of Northwest Arkansas are hoofing there way back to the hill for a little spring cleaning of Wilson Park. The goats are brought in a few times each year to eat honeysuckle, privet, poison ivy and other invasive vegetation as part of the parks department’s efforts to manage…