Benton County, AR

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Monday, in the Benton County courthouse, is the beginning of a jury trial between a company wanting to turn a red dirt mine near Old Wire Road in Lowellinto a limestone quarry, and a nonprofit organization created by residents wanting to stop the quarry's creation. The...

AVOCA, Ark. — An investigation is underway in Benton County after 149 dogs were removed from a home during a fire. According to Avoca Fire Department Chief Brian Ervin, the department received a call Saturday morning, May 14, to a home on Deason Road of a fire taking place in the Avoca area.

After three decades working in various leadership roles with Arvest Bank, executive vice president Greg Stanfill retired from the company on May 2. Stanfill went to work for Arvest in 1992 as a branch manager in Lowell and was later president of the bank’s Lowell market until 2012, when he became executive vice president and community executive for Rogers. He retired as regional director of community banks.

Critter Control, an industry leader in the humane removal of nuisance wildlife, is excited to announce the grand opening of its new northwest Arkansas franchise. Owned and operated by first time franchisees, Matt Mitcham and Zach Pullam, the new location will serve the Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian and Washington counties.

ARKANSAS, USA — There are 767,000 registered sex offenders across the nation and 18,000 of those live in Arkansas. The data says that just under 600 registered sex offenders per 100-thousand residents. This data comes from safehome.org. Senior industry analyst, Corie Colliton says since there is no national sex...

We’re now just a week or so away from Benton County’s longest bridge reopening, and county officials say they’re whittling down their list of structurally deficient bridges. Built in 1935, the Osage Creek Bridge carried old Highway 68 over the creek in southern Benton County, several years...