A precautionary boil order has been issued for parts of Alma due to a water main leak on Dean Springs Road. The Highway 71 Water District said in a release on May 27 that the order was issued for ... Read More

Parts of Crawford County are under a boil order until further notice. The Highway 71 Water District said that due to a main line leak on Dean Springs Road, a precautionary boil order has been issued. Read More

According to a highway incident report, the crash is impacting the left lane, left shoulder and right shoulder near Exit 12. Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA / KFTA) - The Arkansas Department of Transportation, Arkansas Highway Commission officials, elected officials, and community and industry stakeholders gathered Thursday morning ... Read More

The Arkansas Highway Commission approved the change during its April business meeting. Read More

The city repaired a line break near the Riley Farm and Highway 71 area. Read More

The city reported a line break near the Riley Farm and Highway 71 area. Read More

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City officials said the break occurred next to U.S. Highway 71 near Riley Farm, and some nearby areas may experience low water pressure or no water service. Read More

On May 30, Mackenzie and Maddie Arthur, two sisters from Scranton, were driving southbound on the Morrison Bluff Bridge on Highway 109 at around 11 p.m. when their vehicle was rear-ended by a 2011 ... Read More

A fatal crash report said 55-year-old Sonya Joyce Hall was traveling on a bike when a car in the outside lane of Hwy 71B struck her. Read More

Three Northwest Arkansas residents were killed and two others injured in crashes in Washington and Carroll counties last week. Read More

Highway 96 near Fort Chaffee will experience intermittent closures on Saturday, June 7, for artillery training. Closures will last up to 15 minutes between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. at South Boundary Road and ... Read More

Our thoughts are with those affected by this accident. U.S. Highway 71 is a major route through western Arkansas, serving local residents, commercial vehicles, and long-distance travelers. The stretch ... Read More

Texarkana, AR (May 13, 2025) - Emergency crews responded to a serious motorcycle accident that occurred Tuesday morning on Hwy 71 SB approximately 0.8 miles southeast of State Highway 237 in Miller ... Read More

All of that came to a crashing end this weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Prior to weekend series, Texas was the only SEC team to win all seven series its played in. UT also had a streak of 13 ... Read More

BELLA VISTA -- A minor ... ended up costing a Bella Vista woman two days in jail, thousands of dollars in... Ron Wood has been a professional journalist in Arkansas for about 40 years. Read More

FORT SMITH, Ark. - An 18-wheeler crash in Fort Smith has resulted in injuries, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). Police report the crash at Exit 6 on I-540 northbound at ... Read More

There was one permit for new commercial construction during the month, a new $150,000 car lot to be located at 6200 Highway 71 S., owned by Barbara Mendez of Fort Smith. That is a 91.2% decline from ... Read More

(KNWA / KFTA) - Northwest Arkansas' growth continues with ... group announced plans for a new bike park in Bella Vista along Highway 71. The park will expand on the existing OZ Trails, adding ... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - After nearly seven years of planning, the first phase of construction on the Highway 71B Corridor Plan begins on Feb. 24. In 2018, Fayetteville tapped the community to help ... Read More

Every month, Arkansas is setting new tourism records ... a similar chairlift structure featuring more than 20 miles of gravity trails along Highway 71. As in Mena, this high-speed chairlift system ... Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA / KFTA) - More than a half dozen accidents have been reported in Northwest Arkansas with snowy conditions on the roads. The Arkansas Department of Transportation is reporting a ... Read More

WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS AS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN CRASH IN BENTONVILLE. CORPORAL MELISSA FOX CONFIRMED A VEHICLE HIT A BIKE NEAR SOUTHWEST 12TH STREET AND THEN DROVE AWAY. Read More

Although school officials stated that no staff or students were injured in the crash, ARDOT reported that some injuries were sustained. Read More

The Arkansas corn crop had a catastrophic drop in acres in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). Acreage in the state fell 41% to ... Read More

New details from Arkansas State Police have been released about the crash that killed a Greenwood High School student on Dec. 26. Read More

A 63-year-old woman was killed in a crash in Greenwood Monday afternoon, according to police.Law enforcement has not yet released the woman's name.She was crossing U.S. Highway 71 from Liberty ... Read More

Work in Greenwood continues on the land where a new Sebastian-Scott Regional Library is expected to be built. At the intersection of Highway 71 and Highway 10 in Greenwood, crews have been leveling ... Read More

A report says that 49-year-old Reginald Clark Tyndall of Bentonville was traveling east on Highway 72 when he struck a semi traveling the opposite direction. Read More

As gunfire opened at an Arkansas grocery store ... Officers from multiple agencies, including highway, state and city police flooded the scene. There were also countless ambulances and helicopters ... Read More

A 71-year-old man died Monday after a crash in Fayetteville. Fayetteville police said Friday's crash on South McPherson Church Road near the West Wood Shopping Plaza sent Richard Craven to Cape ... Read More

SWEPCO says it has adjusted its timeline for power restoration. The company says it expects 95% of all customers in the Monte Ne area and 95% of all customers west of U.S. Highway 71 B in Rogers who ... Read More

WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. - According to the Arkansas State Police (ASP), a man has died in a crash on I-49 on West Fork on Wednesday, April 10. The man was identified as 47-year-old ... Read More

SALLISAW - An Oklahoma highway has been reopened following its closure for a few hours on Saturday after a bridge over the Arkansas River was struck by a barge. Troopers with the Oklahoma ... Read More

An Alma man is dead after police say he engaged in a high-speed pursuit with a stolen vehicle on Friday evening. Read More

Highway 71, on the other hand ... I remember those dinosaurs from when this was the main route to northwest Arkansas. Mountainburg was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Express, which was ... Read More

Arkansas State Police have shut down Highway 71 through Mountainburg because of the destruction. Early estimates from 40 / 29 Storm Trackers believe the tornado that struck Friday afternoon could ... Read More

Highway 71 is open again after crews worked to clear a Semi-Truck accident. It happened around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 71 just south of Greenwood. The driver drove off the road and flipped ... Read More

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas highway officials say U.S. Highway 71 in southwestern Arkansas has reopened after being shut down for more than two weeks because of flooding.The Arkansas Highway ... Read More

A truck crash shut down a major highway in the River Valley on Monday.Both directions of Highway 71 north of Waldron ... and they were responding," said Arkansas State Police Lt. Read More

GRANDVIEW, Mo. - Within the year, Highway 71 will become Interstate 49, but the interstate project will stop before hitting the stoplights on the way to downtown Kansas City. The new intersta' ... Read More