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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- all over downtown that is. Lighting ceremonies begin this weekend in downtown Bentonville and Fayetteville while Eureka Springs shops deck their windows for the holiday season.

The Fayetteville Board of Education approved $2,200 in bonuses to its employees, to be paid in $1,100 halves in November and May.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville School Board wants to sell the former Jefferson Elementary School while also encouraging a community-oriented role for the property after it is sold, board members said Thursday.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The School Board hopes to select a buyer for its Adult Education Center, formerly the Jefferson Elementary School, by November.

The School Board on Thursday unanimously approved an elementary rezoning plan but decided to look for other solutions to address capacity problems at McNair Middle School.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The School Board informally decided Thursday to narrow the list of middle school rezoning plans and adjust both middle and elementary school attendance boundaries.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The School Board informally decided Thursday to narrow the list of middle school rezoning plans and adjust both middle and elementary school attendance boundaries.

School Board members voted 6-1 Thursday to sell the former Jefferson Elementary School building, most recently used as an adult education center.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A new option for rezoning middle schools is up for consideration as the School Board tries to redraw elementary and middle school attendance boundaries this summer.

The Ozark Literacy Council lauded John L Colbert as its 2022 Champion of Literacy at the Champions of Literacy benefit June 8 at Fayetteville Public Library.