FAYETTEVILLE — Washington Regional Medical Center has achieved reaccreditation from the Arkansas Department of Health as a Level II Trauma Center within the Arkansas Trauma System. The medical center’s trauma program underwent a rigorous two-day, on-site inspection to earn the designation. more

BENTONVILLE — On Sunday, March 23, Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville will host an inspiring afternoon talk and reading with Joy Harjo, former Poet Laureate, as part of a celebration for their current exhibition, American Sunrise: Indigenous Art at Crystal Bridges. The program beings at 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.crystalbridges.com. The cost is $15 for museum members and $20 for non-members. more

Forty-two Harrison Middle School students toured Northark Technical Center (NTC) on Tuesday, March 11. The 8th graders, members of HMS teacher Maribeth O'Dell's Career Development classes, toured three divisions of the Tech Center including construction, welding, and HVAC. After learning about the Technical Center opportunities, students had lunch (provided by NTC) and then traveled to Northark's south campus to tour the new Robotics Training Center currently under construction. more

Shelby's on Main Street in Harrison held a book signing event on Saturday, March 15 for Amy Hannon and her new book titled "Satisfied." more

Harrison Elks Lodge #2311 presented a $2,000 check donation to the Camp Jack Food Pantry last Friday at Camp Jack's temporary facility on Spring Street. The food pantry helps our local Veterans. Pictured include (from left) Matt Russell, Camp Jack Executive Director; Diana Marsh, Camp Jack Pantry Coordinator; Pete Heiser, Elks Lodge Member; Michele Heiser, Past Exalted Ruler; Robert Burson, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Bettie Carol Parido, Esteemed Leading Knight; Kenneth Beard, Exalted Ruler; Carol Leatherman, Elks Lodge Trustee; Joey Jones, Elks Lodge Inner Guard; and Michael Gwatney, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for Arkansas East District) more

FAYETTEVILLE — Olympic power couple Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis-Woodhall will deliver a moderated question and answer session as part of a collaboration between the Distinguished Lectures Committee and Associated Student Government Mental Health Team at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at the Fayetteville Town Center. more

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to the collection of remote islands in the South … more

A new study out Monday finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef is no less carbon-intensive than industrial beef. The finding calls into question the frequent promotion of … more

Bestselling young adult author John Green's newest book is a nonfiction thesis on the deadliest infectious disease, which infects millions of people per year. “Everything is Tuberculosis” … more

A series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust while barreling across seven states over the weekend have left at least 39 people dead and dozens injured. Scattered tornadoes in … more

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A city in Arkansas has drawn thousands of spectators and celebrities to its St. Patrick's Day parade for more than two decades for an unusual reason. The resort town of Hot Springs will hold its … more

Hong Kong billionaire property developer Lee Shau Kee had died. He was 97. Lee led one of the biggest real estate empires in the former British territory. The company he founded said that Lee died on … more

Residents and work crews in the South and Midwest are beginning to clean up and survey the destruction from a series of storms that kicked up wildfires, tornadoes and dust storms. The severe weather … more

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last June as the first test pilots for … more

The European Union is hosting a donor conference to support a peaceful transition in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad. Ministers and officials from Western partners, Syria’s … more

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law are asking a federal judge to force the administration to state under oath whether it violated his court order … more

The Belgian actor who won a top Cannes prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” Émilie Dequenne has died at 43. Her family and agent told the French news agency AFP that she died Sunday of a … more

It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science … more

Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and the 2011 nuclear plant meltdowns in Fukushima — form a key backdrop … more