Arkansas Opinion Spotlight

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two years after a homeless camp in Fayetteville was removed, the University of Arkansas' Community Design Center is working to bring transitional housing back to the community. "In 2017, there was somewhere between 100-150 people living in sort of camping- third world conditions in the woods in...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A rezoning request for a new Fayetteville Police Department created some debate during Tuesday’s (October 6) city council meeting. The city’s police department wants it to be an industrial zone but it’s getting push back from residents. Jared Carter lives three blocks away from the northeast...

FAYETTEVILLE — If Friday’s eight-inning scrimmage at Baum-Walker Stadium is any indication, Arkansas’ baseball team may have found dynamite in a smaller package for the second straight year. Former Hot Springs Lakeside standout and freshman second baseman Ethan Bates (5-11, 170) homered while going 3-for-4, scoring three runs and driving...

One pillar at a time, Arkansas is gradually laying claim to the title of Outdoors capital of the world. Stuttgart has long been the world's duck hunting capital, and Cotter is the world's trout fishing capital, but the Natural State's resume is growing. Bentonville is quietly molding itself into a...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — In Fayetteville, racism was recently declared as a public health crisis, but what exactly does that mean?. It’s our way of recognizing that public policy has an impact on people in our community and sometimes that impact is not equal. KYLE SMITH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF...

FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KFSM) — Friday night high school football games look a little bit different this season due to new COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Fans in Fayetteville waited out the weather delay to get inside the stadium Friday (Sept. 4) night. Once inside, masks were required and seating was...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas on Tuesday reported 480 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 15 more deaths from COVID-19, the illness it causes. The Department of Health said at least 57,374 people in the state have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. Of those, 5,312 are active and exclude those who have died or recovered.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The City of Fayetteville declares racism as a public health crisis. “We as an immigrant community have been desperately looking for hope in politics and we don’t always find it, but last night we did,” said Mireya Reith, the founding executive director for Arkansas United. Arkansas...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The North Little Rock School District on Wednesday said that about 10 employees are quarantined after possible exposure to the coronavirus. Interim Superintendent Keith McGee said the employees are under quarantine for 14 days. He said he was not aware of any confirmed cases of the virus.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan drew three opponents in his bid for reelection while the mayors of Springdale and Rogers will face no challengers in the Nov. 3 general election. The filing period for the nonpartisan municipal offices ended Wednesday with contested races in cities and towns throughout Benton...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — From the Oklahoma border to Little Rock, speed limits on Interstate 40 are going up to 75 miles per hour. Speed limits on Interstate 49 from Fort Smith to Fayetteville will also increase to 75 mph, but the limit from Fayetteville into Benton County will remain the same, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.