Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3rd District hopefuls hold debate
WASHINGTON — Democrat Robb Ryerse spent much of Wednesday’s 3rd Congressional District debate contrasting himself from Republican incumbent Steve Womack, arguing Northwest Arkansas needs a congressman who better represents families’ interests. Womack,...
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Sanders faces Love, Shelby during debate
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders touted what she described as the state’s successes during her first term while her challengers, Democrat Fred Love and Libertarian Colt Shelby, criticized her for insufficient planning or being wrong-headed on what...
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Westerman faces Russell in debate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., leaned on his legislative expertise during Monday’s 4th Congressional District debate as his opponent, Democrat James Russell, argued the country needs a change in direction. The Westerman-Russell...
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Trump touts ‘energy ceasefire’ for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4½-year-old war, but he offered no details on it, and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement. Trump’s...
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Rice mill busy despite crop decline
STUTTGART — On a hot August day a flurry of workers direct traffic, and a seemingly endless line of grain trucks cut through clouds of dust in the heart of Producers Rice Mill. Trailers filled with freshly cut rice lined up in a nearby staging area,...
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Missing for 84 years, soldier comes home
Jim Erwin spent years collecting letters, military information and stories about his uncle, never knowing if his remains would ever be identified. After 84 years of the family not having answers, Jim Erwin on Friday got to welcome home Cpl. Delmor W....
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Springdale teacher named state Teacher of the Year
SPRINGDALE — Lindsay Rankin credited her family for helping her get to where she is today. The Bernice Young Elementary School teacher was announced Thursday morning as the 2027 Arkansas Teacher of the Year during a gathering that included Gov. Sarah...
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Hospital unveils major expansion in Springdale
SPRINGDALE — The completion of an $82.7 million expansion at Arkansas Children’s Northwest is about more than square footage, according to Rustin Morse, the hospital’s senior vice president and chief administrator. It is about creating greater...
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Report: NWA must diversify to stay ‘Best Performing City’
Northwest Arkansas is booming — but keeping housing costs low and continuing to diversify the region’s economy will be vital if the area is to keep its ranking as a “Best Performing City.” Those are the findings of “Northwest Arkansas Is America’s...
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Yemeni forces retake key sites from Houthis
ADEN, Yemen — Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iranbacked Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday, while the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil...
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Conflict escalates in Yemen
BEIRUT — The Saudi-backed government of Yemen on Sunday announced a major military campaign against the Houthi militia, a key Iranian ally, plunging the Middle East deeper into war. The new operation threatens to open a new front in the U.S.-Israeli...
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Governor candidates detail plans for office
In their challenges of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democratic nominee Fred Love and Libertarian nominee Colt Shelby vow to implement changes in state education, Medicaid, corrections and other policies if elected in the Nov. 3 general...
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Family in mourning
A mother surrounded by family cries while sitting by the coffin of her son Illia Honcharenko, 14 — killed by a Russian rocket strike on a residential house on Sept. 30 — during his funeral in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Friday.
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Perilous steps
A police officer and a rescue worker carry an unexploded warhead from a Shahed drone out of a school damaged by a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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Co-pilot stabs captain in flight to Israel; jetliner lands safely
TEL AVIV, Israel — A co-pilot stabbed a captain Wednesday on a flight to Israel before passengers burst into the cockpit and wrestled with the attacker as the plane descended sharply and passengers screamed, witnesses said. The jetliner was stabilized...
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Conservatives blast Sanders’ campaign ad
Right-wing commentators have taken to social media to criticize a campaign advertisement from Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that touts her work requirement program for welfare recipients. The 30-second commercial, posted Monday on X, depicts a young...
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Strike damage
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 others, officials said Monday. Moscow’s forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, gas stations and data centers, among...
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Storm’s aftermath
People clean outside a pizza restaurant flooded during a nor’easter storm in Sea Bright, N.J., on Sunday.
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Defense firms ramp up hiring in Camden amid missile need
CAMDEN — Long guns aren’t allowed in the Super 1 Foods store in Camden. And cleats aren’t allowed in the administration build- ing at Southern Arkansas University Tech. At least that’s what the signs say. “They don’t take their cleats off,”...
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Deal to settle prison board case rejected
A judge on Friday rejected a proposed settlement between the Arkansas Board of Corrections and the governor’s office that would have given the governor the power to hire and fire top prison officials in the state, and nullified a section of the...
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Rural health efforts to get $54.6M
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced an additional $54.6 million in federal funding to bolster rural healthcare on Thursday, the latest distribution from Arkansas’ share of a $50 billion fund set up by Congress last year. Sanders announced $149.3...
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Trump welcomes Xi to US
WASHINGTON — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare plane-side greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January. Trump’s Treasury...
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Plan to address Alzheimer’s sees updates by state
Arkansas’ plan for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia has been updated in light of new research, diagnostics and medical treatment. David Cook, director of government affairs at the Alzheimer’s Association’s state chapter, told a legislative...
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Barred outlets sue Trump team
the joint lawsuit two days after their reporters were blocked from the White House. The reporters’ entry badges were disabled on Saturday, a day after Trump had suddenly announced he was barring the outlets because of reporting he considered “fake...
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Kyiv drone strike
Boys with bicycles stand on the road as smoke rises over a warehouse that was hit by a Russian drone strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Sunday.
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Ex-detainees describe life in Louisiana detention site
WINNFIELD, La. — The stillness is broken by the footsteps of two guards. They walk down a hallway and stop briefly in front of each cell. From a list, they read the names of the men who will be deported that night. Each day, between 11 p.m. and...
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Damage assessment
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue officials said....
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Tyson pledges donation to healthcare campus
BENTONVILLE — The Tyson Family Foundation and Tyson Foods Inc. pledged $50 million to a new healthcare campus in Bentonville at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday. Several local healthcare leaders gathered under a white tent on a large gravel lot,...
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Fencing put up to close Kennedy Center main
WASHINGTON — Fencing went up Wednesday around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. A Democratic congresswoman who is a trustee quickly sought an emergency...
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Wildfire in Calhoun County 35% contained, official says
EAST CAMDEN — A grass wildfire that broke out Monday in Calhoun County near an East Camden industrial park was 35% contained just before noon Tuesday. Robert Murphy, the emergency services director for the state Department of Agriculture, said there...
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Syria mourns prisoners
Women mourn during a mass funeral for prisoners who died in a fire that broke out during unrest at the local prison in the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobani, northern Syria, on Monday.
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Ukraine asked to stop attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global...
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Left behind
SPRINGDALE — The Chavez family’s lives changed abruptly March 11. That is when immigration agents detained Eduardo Chavez, a Mexican immigrant described by his loved ones as a hardworking man, devoted husband, father of three and the primary financial...
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Houthis take Red Sea island near key strait
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen seized a key island Friday after capturing a Red Sea port, moves that threatened to further disrupt international shipping in the region. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a...
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Houthis seize Yemeni port city, forge ahead
CAIRO — Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mokha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after the...
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IAEA board reports Iran to UN council
VIENNA — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at...
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Battling the flames
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin assured U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Tuesday that Moscow doesn’t harbor aggressive intentions toward Europe, a senior Kremlin official said, after European officials blamed Moscow for...
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Iran vows to retaliate if US attacks its assets
Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, including U.S. oil and gas interests, was vulnerable. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a...
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US denies Iran struck vessel
The U.S. military has denied Iran’s claim to have struck an unmanned American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “total lie.” A top Iranian official said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz aimed...
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Ambassador Huckabee visits Palestinian town
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday met with Palestinian Americans, including relatives of U.S. citizens killed by Israeli settlers, in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank that has been the target of...
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New part of bypass, XNA road complete
SPRINGDALE — The Springdale Northern Bypass morphed into a parking lot Friday morning as state and local officials and community members gathered for a ceremony celebrating completion of two major projects at the same time. Those two projects were the...
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Iran military fires barrage at Kuwait
WASHINGTON — Iran fired at Kuwait on Thursday as part of its retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Israeli police said they arrested a settler reportedly involved in an attack on Palestinians last week. Sirens sounded in...
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Fleeing the floods
Chase Barfield walks to his truck as he takes belongings and his dogs away from floodwaters around his house in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Edouard near Honey Island, Texas, on Wednesday.
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Arkansas aims to bring down SNAP error rate
Arkansas lawmakers and administrators are racing to find ways to cut the state’s error rate for federal food assistance, hoping to avoid a looming penalty. One state senator lamented Tuesday that Arkansas is at a disadvantage compared to larger states...
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Late king’s procession
Norway’s King Harald V’s coffin is moved by his family and court staff from the Red Salon to the Palace Chapel in Oslo on Monday.
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NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope launches
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after...
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Money flows despite Hogs’ losses
FAYETTEVILLE — Money will flow at the University of Arkansas even if victories do not for a football team that has posted six losing seasons in the past decade. Ticket sales at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium for the 2024-25 academic year hit...
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Israeli airstrikes kill 8; Iran touts Russia deal
Israeli airstrikes killed five people in Gaza and three in the West Bank on Friday, despite a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States. Meanwhile, thousands of sailors remain stranded in the Persian Gulf by the Iran war, while Iran is touting...
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Sanders shares $150M in rural health grants
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday announced nearly $150 million in grants to hospitals, clinics and other organizations from Arkansas’ share of a $50 billion fund established by the sweeping tax and spending bill passed by Congress last...
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Flash floods in Nepal, China kill over 160, officials report
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — Flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed over 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt. Experts...
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Lightning strike kills 7 animals at Bee Branch farm
Alan and Angela Mahan left Rabbit Ridge Farms near Bee Branch during a lightning storm Monday morning. When they returned about 45 minutes later, seven of their animals were dead. Their legs and bellies had been burned. Alan Mahan said Tuesday that...
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Iran hit with new sanctions
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United...
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Freedom 250 Grand Prix sees race cars roar through capital
WASHINGTON — Washington hosted an IndyCar race through its streets Sunday, with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump kicking off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix by leading a slow lap in the presidential limousine through the course. Soon...
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Delegates’ panel roles see legislative payoff
WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. French Hill and Bruce Westerman did not picture themselves as committee chairs when they entered Congress more than a decade ago. Hill and Westerman, both Republicans, were part of the same class of freshman lawmakers in...
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Panel OKs $12.4M tutoring contract for rural students
A panel of state lawmakers endorsed a nearly $12.4 million federally funded contract with a California-based virtual tutoring firm on Tues- day. The agreement requires Air Education Inc., also known as Air Reading, to provide high-impact tutoring to...
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State calls off prison project, records show
A proposal for a 3,000bed state prison in Franklin County has been canceled with corrections officials quietly working on a plan to expand existing prisons and possibly build smaller facilities across Arkansas. An April 29 state Department of...
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Strike aftermath
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting...
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Grape harvest begins
Grape harvest is underway well before mid-August, marking the earliest on record date because of ongoing climate change, near Turin, Italy, on Saturday, as higher temperatures and drier summers force local winegrowers to harvest during cooler hours and...
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan ink new pact
ANKARA, Turkey — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday that would treat an attack on one as an attack on all three, officials said, solidifying cooperation between the three regional powers at a time of growing security...
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Keeping it cool
People walk under a misting device at the Gwangmyeong Cave tourist site in Gwangmyeong, South Korea, on Thursday.
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Fighting the flames
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defenses failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles overnight. The...
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Volcanic display
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating hundreds of people following an eruption the day before of the Fuego volcano, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and one of Central America’s most active volcanoes. The...
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Western wildfires spread
SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities say they have arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of starting one of the devastating wildfires burning around Spokane, Wash. The Spokane County sheriff’s office said Monday they arrested Aaron F. Farinacci for arson. He’s...
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Wildfires in Greece
A firefighter stands and looks out as flames rise during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, on Sunday.
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Trump claims deal emerging to end conflict
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the 5-monthold conflict for...
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Power demand dwarfs capacity at data center
Before California-based data center builder Serverfarm can power up the first four buildings at its $6.6 billion campus in Clarksville, it will need to find a way to supply more than 400 megawatts of electricity. Clarksville’s electric utility has a...
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Court lifts injunction on library rule
An Arkansas law aimed at prohibiting minors from obtaining books and movies with nudity or sexual contact, and allowing people to challenge the appropriateness of public library materials, can take effect after the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Fauci takes the Fifth in hearing
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision, at least for...
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