By: Madison Clark NWA Fashion Week rolled out the red carpet this year with many new things walking down the runway.  The Assistant Director of Modeling, Ro Bailey, said NWA Fashion week has 4 designer dresses walking the runway, new partnerships this year with Coca Cola and Kendra Scott, a designer from Amsterdam partnering with…

By: Justin Liddle FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Fitness4Less’ closure has left gym-going residents of Northwest Arkansas without a place to go.  Members of the gym were not given a warning that it would be shutting down the operation. Their memberships were sold to PlanetFitness. However some former members, like Zach Gabbard, didn’t see the email before…

By: David Cox FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With the Great Arkansas Cleanup in full swing, the city of Fayetteville is using volunteers to help keep its parks clean. According to Keep Arkansas Beautiful, the Great Arkansas Cleanup had more than 5,000 volunteers participating in cleanup efforts across the state during the two-month event last year. Dozens…

By: Brice Helms FAYETTEVILLE, ARK — The weather is turning colder and that means that the start of the flu season is here. The most likely time for a person to catch the flu is between October and February.  Approximately 2,700 students will catch the virus at the University of Arkansas this flu season. Students…

By: Ashlyn Grace Brothers BENTON, Ark. ⁠— Mothers-in-crisis are now able to surrender their babies with complete anonymity and free from fear of prosecution. A self-sufficient, climate-controlled and oxygen regulated Safe Haven Baby Box is situated on the side of Fire Station 3 in Benton, Ark. The state’s Safe-haven law, enacted in 2001 and amended…

By: Lexy French The Johnson Mill has been part of Fayetteville’s economy for more than 150 years. First, it was a mill, and now, it operates as a hotel. David Quin, a historical archeologist who studied the mill before its renovation, talks about its history and role in Northwest Arkansas. 

By: Allye Brillante Terra Studios is a non-profit organization dedicated to art and instruction in Northwest Arkansas. Their glass creation the “Bluebird of Happiness” was developed in 1980 by Leo Ward, founder of Terra Studios. The Bluebird is produced today by glass blowers Gary Carter and Micah Welsh. It is available for purchase online and…

By Delaney Osbourn FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – This season is the first season that Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium has a grass field in over ten years. The field transition was a part of the Chad Morris era. Morris believes in grass fields based off of studies that have been done to show the decrease in…

By: Khadn Adderley FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Every October, people around the world celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, hoping to increase attention and support for the awareness. After one student found out her mom developed the disease, she has continued to advocate for other women to get themselves checked. “It was immediately a really tough transition,”…

By Michael Adkison FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Less than half of the U.S states recognized Columbus Day as a legal holiday in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center. “Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. holidays,” Drew Desilver writes for Pew. While the U.S. government recognizes the…