Year: 2025

How Fayetteville Businesses are Combating the Depletion of SNAP Benefits 

Canned food items in a plastic box

The food drive at the Dickson Street Bookshop collected items during the government shutdown. | Photo courtesy: Olivia Erwin. Kingfish bar, Ozark Natural Foods, Dickson Street Bookshop and Little Bread Company hosted food drives this month to donate to Fayetteville’s food pantries due to the depletion of funding for SNAP benefits.  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…Continue Reading How Fayetteville Businesses are Combating the Depletion of SNAP Benefits 

Fayetteville Arts Council debates several pieces

Public artwork in the form of colorful arches

A digital rendering of the sculpture “Cambrata” by David Eaton. The work will be installed in the Upper Ramble in Fayetteville. | Photo credit: City of Fayetteville/Partwise LLC FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At the city Fayetteville Arts Council meeting on Sept. 13, members debated the future of a donated artwork, approved a new interactive sculpture and…Continue Reading Fayetteville Arts Council debates several pieces

Fayetteville’s own entrepreneurial entertainer and jack of all trades, Bo Counts

Bo Counts poses in the bar he owns, Pinpoint. It is decorated extensively for holidays, including the Nightmare on Block Street that celebrated Halloween. | Photo credit: Karyk King Bo Counts, like a pinball machine, is a theatrical display that combines his elaborate personality with his lifetime of acquired skills. He relates himself to his…Continue Reading Fayetteville’s own entrepreneurial entertainer and jack of all trades, Bo Counts

WAVE event connects creatives in Northwest Arkansas through a no pressure, no competition environment

Documents reading "wave" on a table.

Programs created to promote the local create group WAVE. | Photo courtesy: BLK ELK Media. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A local networking event is working to grow connections among creatives in Northwest Arkansas through a no-pressure get together designed to build connections, collaboration and break down barriers often created by competition. WAVE: Ideas in Motion is…Continue Reading WAVE event connects creatives in Northwest Arkansas through a no pressure, no competition environment

Food Science Club’s apple butter sale blends student experience and local ingredients

Dozens of jars of apple butter in a production facility

Students make apple butter in support of fundraising efforts. | Photo courtesy: University of Arkansas Food Science Club FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas Food Science Club’s annual apple butter fundraiser is back, marking the 56th year selling student handmade apple butter jars to raise money for club activities. The locally sourced ingredients were…Continue Reading Food Science Club’s apple butter sale blends student experience and local ingredients