News & Views

The second-year event was expanded this year to include more bands, vendors, and beer gardens stretching from Dickson Street all the way to Mountain Street on the downtown square.

Thanks to our friends at Hugo’s, the rental fee is covered so that 100% of the proceeds benefit Feed Fayetteville, a local nonprofit that battles hunger and food insecurity in Northwest Arkansas.

The West Fork Watershed Alliance is seeking volunteers for the 7th annual West Fork Watershed Cleanup to help pick up trash along sections of the river between Winslow and Fayetteville.

Public meetings scheduled for Monday, May 21 through Friday, May 25, 2012

The pool was originally set to be open from June 8 through Aug. 12, but will open one week early this year.

Several city officials and other involved parties officially broke ground on Fayetteville’s first modern roundabout during a ceremony held near the main entrance of Washington Regional Medical Center.

A brief overview of action taken at the meeting including links to PDF documents for each item.

The work was commissioned by the Walton Arts Center as part of this year’s Artosphere Festival and is being created by artist Patrick Dougherty and several local volunteers.

A brief overview of what to expect at the meeting including links to PDF documents for each item.

Events, specials, sales, and more from our sponsors for the week of May 14-20, 2012.

Fayetteville Underground artists are expected to move into a space inside the GCM building on the southwest side of the square.

The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Small Business Committee is hosting a book drive called “Bring on the Books” beginning June 1 at Fayetteville Public Library.

Topping the list was the Fayetteville Art Alliance which received $55,000 to put towards a new home for the Fayetteville Underground at the corner of Mountain Street and Block Avenue on the downtown square.

Traffic will continue to be restricted to one lane on sections of Crossover Road for the next eight weeks to allow for installation of new drainage structures along the roadway.

Public meetings scheduled for Monday, May 14 through Friday, May 18, 2012

Lewis told the Flyer in January she planned to run for re-election this year, but said today she feels that as a result of recent events in her personal and professional life, she would not be able to properly continue serving on the council.

The former Fayetteville mayor delivered a speech to about 100 supporters from a tree stump near his home on Mount Sequoyah Wednesday evening.

A widening project that will expand Interstate 540 from four to six lanes between Wedington Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is set to begin this summer.

The library will host a series of free concerts every Sunday in June in the Walker Community Room, and if you’re not busy, you might as well make plans to be there.

A crew with Environmental Design, Inc. was in town this week to move three trees at the site of the upcoming 555 Maple complex in downtown Fayetteville.

The roundabout will eliminate the four-way stop at Futrall Drive and Northhills Boulevard, an intersection that causes heavy traffic stacking when vehicles begin entering and exiting Fulbright Expressway during peak hours.

Fayetteville police announced another series of directed traffic enforcements at select intersections on College Avenue.

Now that city officials have narrowed their preferred locations for a planned downtown parking deck, it’s time for Walton Arts Center officials to weigh in.

More than 50 people turned out for a town hall meeting held at St. James last June. Most were there to discuss the University of Arkansas’ plans to build a temporary service road through a portion of Old Main lawn.

For the first time ever, commencement ceremonies for students graduating in Bud Walton Arena on Saturday, May 12 will be live-streamed on the world wide web.