Winslow News

There's a highway safety dilemma on Interstate 540 near the Bobby Hopper Tunnel, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation officials.

The Arkansas Highway Commission is considering cutting grooves into a stretch of Interstate 540 north of the Bobby Hopper Tunnel in Washington County to help with water runoff and reduce the number of weather-related accidents.

A crash analysis of a section of Interstate 540 north of the Bobby Hopper Tunnel in Washington County shows improvements are needed to stem accidents, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department said.

I'd like to encourage you to support the local economy by spending some of your holiday budget with local artists and craftspeople.

Tim West, 72, of Winslow thought he would be discovered as an important artist one day, but it would be after he had died.

As promised, ladies and gentlemen, here are some of the pictures I took on the second leg of my vacation.

ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times Terri Underhill, clerk at the Winslow Library, right, helps Cole and Caroline Penick sign up for cards for the Washington County Library System on Saturday at the library in the former Winslow High School.

The Washington County Fire Marshal's Office has investigated six fires during the past week, two of which are suspected to be arson.

Fayetteville police officers arrested a Winslow man in connection with a burglary at a pharmacy last month.

The school district is working with a group of Winslow residents in an effort to reopen the cafeteria/gymnasium building on the former Winslow Elementary School campus, Superintendent Roland Smith said Tuesday.