By Terrah Baker At first glance, the outside of Nightbird Books hasn’t changed much since moving to its location on Dickson Street about six years ago. Take a closer look, and some significant differences begin to appear. The acronym “BHK” is missing from the turquoise sign in front of “Cafe,” and the breezeway that sits…
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Staff Report The Fayetteville Public Library’s Food for Fees program donated 3,400 pounds of food to the local Cooperative Emergency Outreach food bank; close to 1,000 lbs. more than last year’s donation. The Food for Fees program at the Library allowed patrons to exchange canned goods and other foods for library overdue fees during the…
Although most of us try to be giving all year long, local organizations and government make it easier during the holidays with programs like the Senior Giving Tree Event. It is exceptionally rewarding when you know your donated unwrapped gift will be given to homebound seniors by the Fayetteville Senior Center Meals on Wheels program….
By Luke Simons Let’s step back to summer 2012. And focus on the part that probably every one of us would like to forget and hope never happens again: our nation’s severe drought. Recall the size of A/C bills and wildfires out West, especially those in Colorado. In the month of June alone, the United…
Staff Report If you had hoped the political spinning of economic news and business behavior would end after this month’s votes were counted, you may want to think again. The federal jobless rate ticked up in October, to 7.9 percent. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that in the week ending Nov. 10, seasonally…
By Terrah Baker Roughly 50 percent of Fayetteville residents recycle. Still, over 13,500 tons of trash goes to the landfill each year — enough to cover Razorback Stadium seven stories tall. But Brian Pugh, director of Fayetteville Solid Waste and Recycling, hopes by upping the outreach efforts of his department, participation in the recycling program…
By Claire Ala It’s pretty ironic the natural state failed to jump on the marijuana bandwagon. A medical marijuana victory was not celebrated due to the 51.4 percent of Arkansas voters who were against the legalization of medical marijuana. Nevertheless, it’s a surprisingly close percentage for a Bible-belt state. More progressive states like Colorado and…
The national animal protection organization Mercy For Animals ratcheted up its campaign against the world’s largest retailer two weeks ago, as the group unveiled a feast for Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke’s eyes — a controversial mobile billboard outside Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville. The billboard, which stems from a Mercy For Animals investigation into…
By Zach Hagadone Association of Alternative News Media Astonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures in recent years. The measures sound innocuous enough: When a voter shows up to the polls on…