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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…
National Animal care and control week
By: Hailey Middleton FAYETTEVILLE, ARK (UATV) — This week is national animal care and control appreciation week, for the Fayetteville Animal Services Shelter it was another week of caring for shelter pets. “Although we do feel appreciated by all the comments we saw on facebook, it’s just another week for us.” Animal control officer Amanda…
Spring Has Sprung And So Have Tulips!
By: Hailey Middleton FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) — The True Colors Farm by PerspectAbility is Northwest Arkansas’s first You-Pick Tulip farm. Over the weekend PerspectAbility hosted a soft opening with several varieties of tulips available for purchase. The non-profit organization charges a $5 entry fee and $2 per stem for any prospective community members. Before the…
Income-Accessible E-Scooter options in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) — The City of Fayetteville announced that Spin and VeoRide, the city’s two E-Scooter vendors are now offering discounted prices to qualifying low-income riders. The companies say they hope to make scooter trips more affordable for Fayetteville residents who might otherwise have to rely on walking or public transportation. Each company charges…
U of A students compete with SEC schools to stock food pantry shelves
By: Tristan Hill FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – University of Arkansas students are battling it out with students across the SEC, but this time it isn’t on the court or the field. The Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry is competing against pantries at Ole Miss, Georgia, Mizzou, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Auburn to…
U.S. Cup mountain bike race organizers hope to tackle representation, anti-trans legislation in Arkansas
By: Tristan Hill FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) — Just a few weeks after Experience Fayetteville expressed their concern over the potential for athletes to boycott sporting events due to recent legislation limiting access to healthcare and sports for members of the transgender community, the U.S. Cup Olympic mountain bike qualifier is feeling those very effects. The…