Doug Thompson

6 days ago | arkansasonline.com | Doug Thompson

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. FORT SMITH -- Fort Smith Public Schools must let a student athlete who played school sports for Northside High School play for Southside after he transferred there, the state Supreme Court ruled in a split decision.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Doug Thompson

Your browser does not support the audio element. FAYETTEVILLE -- Cities and counties in Northwest Arkansas need to work toward an overall, coordinated goal for managing growth, members of the Northwest Arkansas Council were told at their spring meeting Wednesday. The council is a group of the region's business and community leaders who work to address region-wide issues. The council hired a Miami-based urban planning firm DPZ CoDesign in January to help decide what that goal should be.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Doug Thompson

Your browser does not support the audio element. FAYETTEVILLE -- Magdalene Serenity House supporters celebrated the opening of Parks Place, a home where women starting over can show they are ready for independence. Finding an affordable place to live challenges those with clean records and solid credit histories in Northwest Arkansas, said speakers at Tuesday's ceremony at the Sterling Bank in Fayetteville.

1 week ago | nwaonline.com | Doug Thompson

Doug Thompson is a reporter with more than 40 years of experience, including more than a quarter-century in Northwest Arkansas. He covers state politics from a Northwest Arkansas perspective and issues of regional importance for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He previously served as a state Capitol reporter, business and agriculture reporter, editorial writer, columnist and regional reporter for southwestern Arkansas. Before that he covered city government.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Doug Thompson

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. FAYETTEVILLE -- The bulk of the 208 Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks employees working remotely will start work in office spaces in Fayetteville on Monday, the system...