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Willowbrook Elementary School won the top prize in a bike contest to promote student health and to better understand school infrastructure needs, according to campaign organizers.
When the world shut down to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Austin’s Fusebox Festival was just weeks away from happening. Fusebox leaders did a quick pivot, staging a digital version of the performance art celebration, a popular annual event that presents a mix of international and local theater, music and dance artists. But this year, for the first time in its 16 year history, the non-profit Fusebox organization, decided not to stage its springtime festival. Ron Berry, Fusebox founder and artistic director said that the prospect of presenting what would have had to have been anothe...
$1 million grant used to start new Bicycle Assembly and Repair Technician Program at NWACC The program has the potential to become a training hub for cycling and technician workforce development not just regionally but nationally in a growing industry. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 9:21 AM CDT April 14, 2021 BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) has plans to roll out a Bicycle Assembly and Repair Technician Program after being awarded a $1,030,958 grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation. NWACC President Dr. E...
VeloNews Senior Editor Betsy Welch contributed to this story. Kristin Diamond saw storm clouds gathering over Arkansas back in February. Diamond, who along with Brook Watts runs Parkven Productions, the operations group behind the 2022 UCI World Cyclocross Championships in Fayetteville, watched as lawmakers in Arkansas proposed three bills to limit the rights of transgendered people. Among the bills was HB1570, which denies transgender youth access to gender-affirming care. “Call it what it is — this is hateful legislation,” Diamond told VeloNews. “It was pretty obvious before it e...
7 Apr 2021 Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) appears caught in contradictory statements concerning corporate interests that may have encouraged his veto of Arkansas’ recent transgender surgery legislation. Hutchinson was challenged on April 6 by Fox News ‘s Tucker Carlson, who asked: My question is — have you spoken to any of the biggest employers, the biggest companies in Arkansas about this? Have you taken any calls from Tysons, from Dillard, from Walmart? Has anyone from those companies called you about this bill? Hutchinson responded, “Uh, No.” Tucker asked again, “Have you spoken to ...