A fire broke out on Christmas morning at a commercial building that’s home to several businesses in downtown Fayetteville.
Category: Local News

Fayetteville public meetings: Dec. 26-30, 2022
City Council Agenda Session, Technical Plat Review, Subdivision Committee and more.

Reminder: Fayetteville residents get four extra trash bag pickups each year
Fayetteville trash and recycling customers with curbside pickup service can place up to four extra bags outside their bins to be collected each year.

Christmas tree recycling available throughout January in Fayetteville
The city’s Recycling & Trash Collection division will collect live Christmas trees through the month of January at no charge.

Emergency warming shelters available in Fayetteville during extreme cold
Emergency warming shelters are available for those who have no place to stay warm during extremely cold weather in Fayetteville.

City offices closed Thursday, cold weather shelters available
The city, in collaboration with several local organizations, will provide cold-weather shelters this weekend.

City offers tips to prevent freezing pipes during extreme cold
With subzero temperatures in the forecast for much of the weekend, the City of Fayetteville offered up some tips this week to help residents prevent waking up to frozen water lines.

University of Arkansas closed Thursday due to winter weather
Students were already out for the holidays anyway, but the University of Arkansas went ahead and closed up shop for the day on Thursday as well due to the winter weather in the area this week.

Case update: Arkansas COVID-19 cases increase by 3,645 over past 7 days
Arkansas COVID-19 cases increased by 3,645 over the last seven days, according to the Arkansas Department of Health website update on Wednesday.

Fayetteville council reimburses more local nonprofits using ARPA funds
The City Council has agreed to use another round of the city’s $17.9 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide relief to a group of local nonprofits.

Fayetteville fills 19 positions on city boards and committees
The Fayetteville City Council on Tuesday approved 19 appointments to 10 of the city’s boards and committees.

Fayetteville City Council recap: Dec. 20, 2022
Changes to the city’s short-term rental regulations, four ARPA nonprofit assistance applications, four rezoning requests and two property condemnations.

Restaurants open on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in Northwest Arkansas
We’ve had a handful of requests for information on restaurants that will be open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so we scoured the internets doing our best to pull a list together.

Sizeable crowd celebrates Arkansas beer with brewers guild
2022 has shaped up to be a great year in Arkansas beer. And if the sizable and enthusiastic crowd on hand for Saturday’s tap takeover is any indication, we can expect 2023 to be even better.

Road closure: Razorback Road to close during the day on Dec. 21
A city crew is scheduled to install new water service on Razorback Road between West Cleveland Street West Maple Street beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday.