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Celebrate July 4th at an annual fireworks spectacular
You can celebrate July 4th with an annual event at the Walmart AMP. Watch as Jennifer Wilson, with Walton Arts Center joins KNWA Today/FOX24 to share details on Walmart AMP presents: Fireworks Spectacular with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. Tickets are free for Rogers residents, however, tickets need to be picked up in person at […]
PHOTOS: KURM signs off after 45 years on the air in Rogers
Rogers radio station KURM Radio, known for its local focus and dedication to superserving Benton County, is set to close at the end of June. This marks the end of a nearly 45-year journey that began on November 9, 1979, when the station first went on the air. Founder and radio personality Kermit Womack has been a driving force behind the station’s commitment to local news and community engagement.
People urged to exercise caution as temperatures rise for summer shows at the Walmart AMP
ROGERS, Ark. — Sarah McLachlan is taking the stage at the Walmart AMP Tuesday night, and the venue's annual Fourth of July fireworks show is planned for Thursday. Both of these shows are expected to draw big crowds, so AMP officials are taking extra steps to keep concertgoers safe in the summer heat.
Pace Is Winner At State 4-H Broiler And Turkey Contest
Johnson County 4-H member Logan Pace was the reserve champion broiler barbecue winner at the Arkansas 4-H State Champion Broiler and Turkey Competition June 22 at the Rogers Convention Center. The event was hosted by The Poultry Federation in conjunction with their annual poultry festival dubbed “A Galactic Eggspedition Beyond...
Review: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK at Walmart AMP
For my inaugural Broadway World review at Walmart AMP in Rogers, my inner teenage girl was totally stoked when we went to the New Kids on the Block Magic Summer 2024 Tour with special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff Wednesday, June 26. It was so rad! There were so many Blockheads in the crowd that even Donnie said that we were the “loudest and craziest crowd of the whole tour!” Well, duh!
Thousands of people without power in Northwest Arkansas
TONTITOWN, Ark. — Thousands of Ozarks Electric customers are in the dark in parts of Tontitown and Elm Springs. As of 12:07 p.m., the company reported 4,159 power outages. They were located along Highway 412. Each of the outages were connected to the company's Harmon station. According to the...
Former Harps Food Chairman and CEO Rogers Collins dies
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores announced Tuesday (July 2) that former board Chairman and CEO Rogers Collins died on July 1. Collins began his career at Harps in December 1986 as vice president of finance. He was 75. He was promoted to executive vice president in 1995, and would rise to...
Sanders introduces pilot program to reduce cell phone use in public schools
(The Center Square) - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is including a plan to limit cell phone use in schools as part of a mental health pilot program. The governor asked schools on Tuesday to apply for a grant program that includes funding for pouches where students can store their phones during the school day. "The average American teen now spends nearly 5 hours a day on social media, usually...
July Fourth-cast: ‘Oppressive’ heat
Dangerous heat will build over Arkansas through Independence Day, the National Weather Service in Little Rock said Tuesday. A cold front will follow Thursday night and Friday, and will bring cooler, drier, and more seasonal air this weekend. Oppressive conditions will continue Wednesday and Independence Day, with afternoon temperatures topping...
Entergy Arkansas prepares to fill energy gap for when Independence, Redfield coal plants close
In a recently published Arkansas Business interview, Entergy Arkansas CEO Laura Landreaux said the state’s largest electrical utility should know by the end of 2024 what its replacement strategies will be when it shuts down its Independence County coal-fired plant in 2030. “That’s all under development now,” Landreaux told...
July 5 deadline for ballot initiatives
Arkansan's may get to vote on whether sales tax should be implemented on feminine hygiene products and diapers, if people get to grow marijuana, school standards and more! Want to know where to sign?
Governor appoints Arkadelphia’s Tim Knight to state medical practice board
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders this week announced appointments to various state boards. Among them is Tim Knight, of Arkadelphia, to the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board. The term expires July 1, 2027. Knight is a professor of biology at Ouachita Baptist...
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