May 2022

Bentonville, Arkansas – A new hotel is coming to the core of Downtown Bentonville, serving business and leisure travelers in true Northwest Arkansas style. This new, independent hotel is complete with a variety of amenities and services to support the visitors and the Bentonville community. The hotel is tentatively scheduled to begin operations in Summer 2024. The development of the hotel was first announced in June 2018.

On Memorial Day, 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued, Lt. Gen.

Sometimes it takes a major event to spur people into action. And there are times when something occurs that we may feel are catastrophic that in essence become the best thing to happen to us. I often tell people that have lost a job, didn’t get hired, or have had a relationship end that it’s at these times when we are devastated or disappointed that there could very well be something better to come along. I’ve had that happen in my life a few times. Now when things I view as negatives occur, I don’t become distraught as I know life has a way of evening out or becoming even better.

In the Hundred Acre Wood, during the season of spring, you will find Piglet spring cleaning, beating his rugs outside his tree house. Some say spring cleaning comes from Persian New Year (first day of Spring) or the Jewish anticipation of Passover. Others say it’s just the first time you can leave the windows open. Either way, it’s the time to streamline. But how?

Mayor David Nixon began the May 17 Bull Shoals Council workshop with two announcements. He said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a full road closure for Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam to deploy and remove equipment used to perform maintenance on the dam’s sluice gates. The road will be closed from 7 AM June 1 until 5 p.m. June 2, including overnight. Travelers will need to use alternate routes.