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In the wake of last month's factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers, a host of retailers have signed a safety agreement that mandates inspections, training and even repairs at garment factories in the Asian country.

The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit edged up slightly, but the company struggled with a sales slump in its namesake business.

BENTONVILLE, AR - Northwest Arkansas Community College is the latest institution to opt out of a state law that allows faculty and staff to carry concealed guns on campus.

The Arkansas State Board of Education is recognizing five principals who've completed the work needed to become master school principals.

IMBODEN GRADUATION: Class motto: Our lives are before us, the past is behind us, but our memories are forever with us.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., acting as the receiver of the defunct ANB Financial of Bentonville, easily scored another multimillion-dollar judgment last week against a Benton County developer.

Benton County has been declared a disaster due to continuing flooding. Benton County Judge Robert D. Clinard made the declaration Friday morning as a result of heavy rains which started Thursday.

Despite all of the discussion in the legislature about Act 226, a bill that would allow faculty and staff to carry a concealed firearm on college campuses, NorthWest Arkansas Community College has received a recommendation to its Board of Trustees to exercise the right to ban firearms on campus.

There's a new way law enforcement is fighting prostitution in Northwest Arkansas.

The Piraha Indian tribe that lives deep in the Amazon of north Brazil have no words in their native language for either the past or the future.

Opera in the Ozarks celebrates its 63rd season at Inspiration Point this summer with alternating performances of three favorites: Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love," and Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance." Young artists from all over the country will come to the training program near Eureka for the four-week ... (more)

BENTONVILLE, Ark., - Walmart today announced the launch of a national television and digital advertising campaign and accompanying website .

Governor Mike Beebe has declared May 4-12 Tourism Week. Arkansas will recognize the positive economic, social and cultural impact of the travel and tourism industry with several activities planned around the Natural State.

Sarah and Charlyce Poindexter, a pair of retired Georgia sisters with a shared love of road trips, were on their way to Bentonville, Ark., when disaster struck in Memphis.

Posted on: 10:31 pm, May 3, 2013, by 5NEWS Web Staff and Scott Miller , updated on: 10:55pm, May 3, 2013 Snow fell in Arkansas for the first time ever in May on Friday morning, dropping temperatures into the 30's. But that didn't stop some runners from taking to the streets in Bentonville on Friday night.

In addition to its need for additional space at the high school level, the Bentonville School District needs to build at least one more elementary school and acquire a site for a new middle school during the next 10 years, according to the draft report of a demographics study performed for the district.

Summer camps in Northwest Arkansas fill up quickly. The Crystal Bridges museum of American Art has several day camps available this summer.

The uptick in residential construction has subcontracting crews busier and able to demand more money, which is also driving up the cost of construction, according to Fred Rausch, vice president of development for Rausch Coleman Homes.

When you check in to Hub PorteA o, you unlock more than your stylish, light-filled room: you get access to the best Buenos Aires has to offer thanks to owner Gonzalo Robredo, who can get you into a tango club after hours or arrange a walking tour with a noted architect.

This spring, Bruce Robertson, director of the , is giving the talks and his first one, on American art and recent museum installations, was fascinating.