Doug Thompson

FAYETTEVILLE -- An additional 26 medical residents will come to Washington Regional Medical Center over the next three years thanks to a $4.5 million transfer of taxpayer money approved by state lawmakers Feb. 26.

Mary Ann Spears will serve as superintendent of one school district and on the school board of another, school election filings show. She serves as superintendent of the Lincoln School District in Washington County and is the only candidate for the Zone 5 seat on the Siloam Springs board.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Some employees at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks will be laid off, but neither the system's management nor its labor union know yet who and how many.

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Northwest Arkansas residents want more walking and biking trails, according to a survey commissioned by the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission.

ROGERS — Growth issues in general and Northwest Arkansas’ outgrown sewer systems in particular dominated the region’s third legislative forum in four days on Thursday.

SPRINGDALE -- Northwest Arkansas' population is growing faster than the capacity of its various city sewer systems, Arkansas Department of Health managers told a meeting of lawmakers, utility managers, city leaders and private engineers Monday.

ROGERS -- The WayStation program for the homeless is seeking a new home.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The City Council's meeting room filled up Tuesday with well-wishers giving thanks to Lioneld Jordan before his last council meeting as mayor began.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Kendall Penn recommended closing the Arkansas State Veterans Home at Fayetteville after he first toured it two years ago when he became secretary of the state Department of Veterans Affairs, Penn told legislators on Thursday.