Apple in the News 1) As a fruit of their labor (or perhaps foreign labor), the company reached the $500 billion milestone a week ago. Though it was already the most profitable company in the world, the $500 billion milestone is one that only five other companies have reached, and that none have sustained. 2)…
A new wave of technological innovation has left a new form of waste in its wake. We look at the local and global responses to this new form of electronic waste.
Shopping local is an investment in the local economy and culture. Local business owners discuss how their products and services benefit the community.
This weekend, March 2-3, at the Global Campus Center on the Fayetteville Downtown Square, foodies, gardeners and farmers are gathering to celebrate all things locally grown. Because the goal of the Dig In festival is to grow and support the local farming and gardening communities, a majority of the events are free. There is, however,…
A Look at the Real-Life Magic Behind Terra Studios By Blair Jackson Nestled in the Ozark Mountains, 20 minutes from the Fayetteville city limits, is Terra Studios. Here, winter is the quiet season. A few flowers are beginning to push through the soil. Jamie Ulick walks the grounds, picking up pieces of plaster that have…
Residents Voice Opinions By Andrea Love TFW Contributing Writer More than 60 residents attended a public meeting on state water regulations last Wednesday at the Clarion Inn in Fayetteville. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality held a public meeting to hear comments about a revision to Regulation 2. The law — which ADEQ uses…
TFW Staff Report Books For Babies The Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the United Way of Northwest Arkansas have partnered to bring books to the children of Northwest Arkansas. Thanks to an anonymous startup donation of $40,000, 400 children will be able to receive one book, every month, for four years. Any child under the…
By Blair Jackson At his home in Elkins, Cody Renegar describes plans for his wedding. “Here’s where the chairs will be,” he says, gesturing to a grassy area between the side of the house and the duck pond. He describes the decorations. Wine bottles will hang from the chairs, lining the aisle with wildflowers. There…
By Blair Jackson TFW Editor Jack and Mary White live in a modest house in Hartford, a small community of about 650. An herb garden flanks the east of the house, and rows of kale line the west. A wooden sign, painted white, reads “Makedo Farms.” Making do is exactly what Jack and Mary have…
By Blair Jackson Two months ago, the Fayetteville faction of Occupy Wall Street disbanded from their camp on the town square, but the group found new momentum in the national, one-day Occupy the Courts protest last Friday. In a march leading from the Fayetteville town center to the United States District Court, citizens rallied against…