Springdale

An entire month’s worth of activities is inside Welcoming Week NWA, an intentional collection of events to affirm the importance of being a welcoming and inclusive place.

Samaritan Community Center's 21st annual Fresh Start: BackPacks for Kids event is Saturday.

Today is the final day to register to vote for the upcoming May 9 elections across Arkansas. You can check your registration status at VoterView.

Becca Martin Brown is away this week, we asked April Wallace, associate features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, to get us up to speed on what to do for the next few days.

An event focusing on the cultural and natural history of land preserved through the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust was this past week. Also, the Hogeye Marathon, Arkansas' oldest marathon, is set for April 15-16, and the Downtown Springdale Alliance announces its LIVE! at Turnbow Concert Series.

Northwest Arkansas cities released their 2023 approved budgets in the latter part of 2022. Ozarks at Large’s growth impact reporter Anna Pope spoke with officials from Fayetteville and Springdale about growing budgets, raising employee salaries, investments in public safety and infrastructure.

The Springdale Rotary Club is hosting the first Santa Claus Used Book Fare at the Jones Center tomorrow. There will be more than 6,000 used books for ages 0-12 and people can select two per child, for free.

For the first time in three years the American Heart Association's Vestido Rojo events will be an in-person event. Health checks and more will be offered free from 7:00 to 12:00 Saturday morning at the Springdale Civic Center.

Groundwaves 2022 concluded recently in Springdale. The hip-hop, open mic series, sponsored by CACHE, includes mentoring opportunities from Murs. He sat down with KUAF's Jasper Logan to talk about the series, art and more.

The new, expanded UAMS Office of Community Health & Research hosted an open house yesterday in Springdale.