Mark Kinion News Today

In July 2023, the Fayetteville City Council appointed Mark Kinion to the Walton Arts Center council, but the seat has not yet been filled many months later.

One candidate in the two contested races on Nov. 8 for City Council outraised and outspent the other three candidates combined.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The City Council made some more changes to its ordinance regulating short-term rentals and plans to keep the conversation going next year.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayettevilles ordinance banning retail pet sales runs afoul of state law and a judge should not side with the city in a pet store owners lawsuit challenging it, according to a filing by the store in the suit.

How much time, money and staffing a city dedicates to regulating certain issues reflects that communitys values, municipal planners and experts agree.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The City Council on Tuesday moved more than $2 million in aid for programs and nonprofits using American Rescue Plan money.

The citys ordinance banning the retail sale of pets doesnt violate state law and has sufficient rational basis, City Attorney Kit Williams argued in a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit with the retail store Petland.

Come January, most of the members of the City Council will have had less than a handful of years of experience.

Arkansas Republicans swept statewide elections Tuesday, highlighted by Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ gubernatorial victory.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Political newcomers defeated both sitting City Council members they faced in their elections Tuesday.