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Wakarusa Lineup
Wakarusa announced another round of artists for their 2013 lineup. The second of three lineup announcements includes headliners Umphrey’s McGee, Dispatch and Amon Tobin. The announcement also mentioned Sphongle, Calexico, the Werks and local favorite, The Ben Miller Band. The third and final lineup announcement is set to be released on January 17th. This year’s…
Wakarusa Lineup
Wakarusa announced another round of artists for their 2013 lineup. The second of three lineup announcements includes headliners Umphrey’s McGee, Dispatch and Amon Tobin. The announcement also mentioned Sphongle, Calexico, the Werks and local favorite, The Ben Miller Band. The third and final lineup announcement is set to be released on January 17th. This year’s…
Dickson Street Closed On Campus
The city of Fayetteville gave a permit to the University of Arkansas to limit traffic on West Dickson Street from Harmon Avenue to Garland Avenue for certain periods during the week. With the permit, starting today the University will close this section of Dickson Street to unauthorized vehicles Monday through Friday from 7 AM to…
Single-car Accident Leaves One Dead and Two Injured
One person is dead and two others are injured in Fayetteville after a one-vehicle accident late Saturday night on Wedington Drive. Police say 20-year-old Zachary Hagen was ejected from the SUV, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Fayetteville Police say the vehicle hit the curb driving east-bound. The car ended up in the…
Bielema Contract
Now that Bielema is officially the head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks, he has agreed to a new contract for 6 years and $3.2 million per year. And for those that are interested in some of the contract details especially after the Petrino Scandal 8 months ago, the contract states that the University has the…
New Parking Deck
A planned parking deck has been approved for the southeast corner of the Walton Arts Center. By unanimous vote, Fayetteville City Council members approved the site which was previously recommended by Mayor Lioneld Jordan and a committee of hired consultants and city staff. According to city staff, a 246-space deck would cost $6.37 million dollars…
Walmart One of World’s Largest Companies
A local corporation is currently ranked the fourth largest company in the world. Walmart Stores incorporated passes the worlds largets bank ICBC as the fourth most valued company in the world. Walmart is currently worth over two hundred and fourty million dollars. That is a 21 percent increase in profit from last year. Walmart comes…
Passion Play Shutting Down
A well known northwest Arkansas play is shutting down operations. The Great Passion Play will be closing because of finanacial troubles. In september the nonprofit group that runs the play reported that around 500 thousand dollars to continue performing. Executive director of the play Sam Ray has started selling animals and feed. Wal-Mart Improves Rankings
Professor Honored for Work
A U of A professor has recently been honored. Professor Peter S. Ungar has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The chair of the anthropology department was chosen for his extensive and transformative contributions to understanding human evolution. Ungar’s book, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity won…
New Bike Trail
A new 36-mile bike trail is schedule to be finished by late 2013. The bike trail will begin in Bella Vista and go all the way to Fayetteville. 26 of those miles will run through Rogers and seven miles of the trail will be single tracks, a new type of trail that will give cyclists…