An overflow crowd packed the West Fork City Administration Building May 8 but not everybody was there for the council meeting. It was also “conflict night” for the West Fork District Court when many of the cases are transferred form Prairie Grove. Also, the regular monthly West Fork city…
Almost fifty years before West Fork became an incorporated town in 1885, several settler families organized the first Christian Church in the county. The last four remaining members of that congregation have chosen other churches, and are no longer meeting in the building at 210 Garfield, according to long…
Prior to the public hearing on the West Fork Animal Ordinance on May 8, Mayor Frances HIme and Council members had labored long and hard during a special work session to revise the current ordinance.…
Jones Elementary School in Springdale was the first to have a Girl Scout after-school program. School Principal Melisa Fink and Girl Scout Troop Leader Ana Villafranca started the program last fall, and they have been working together in bringing new knowledge to the girls. …
Have you heard of the Little Free Libraries? A project to promote literacy and community started a few years back by two advocates of reading in Wisconsin, Little Free Libraries are popping up all over the country. …
West Fork ‘s Water and Wastewater Utility Commission failed to follow city council instructions and the public’s wishes and instead postponed a decision to establish the actual number of commission members the group has. When asked, some commission members, the chair, and Water Superintendent have said in recent months the…
LITTLE ROCK – About 8,000 graduating high school seniors will be eligible for the Academic Challenge Scholarship when they attend an Arkansas college or university next fall. The Department of Higher Education has notified the seniors and several thousand have officially accepted the awards. The deadline for all financial aid…
