Greenland News

Attending the annexation hearing in Little Rock for the Greenland School District on Monday cost the Northwest Arkansas area thousands of dollars in travel expenses - meals, gasoline, mileage and hotel stays - ...

Arkansas State Board of Education members indicated that while placing Greenland under state oversight and attempting to correct the financial problems, the district should be evaluated to be broken up among ...

The state Board of Education was to consider Greenland's fate Monday and take up Decatur's future July 31.

Football should be fun this time of year, and the Greenland Pirates are taking part in 7-on-7 passing leagues, but they have other concerns.

The Board of Education set a lofty goal to raise $ 321, 000 in donations or pledges by Sunday afternoon in its efforts to convince the state the district shouldn't be annexed due to financial shortcomings.

The Board of Education approved 13 of 21 school choice transfer applications from Greenland School District residents at a special meeting Tuesday evening.

The Board of Education appointed middle school Principal J. J. Gardenhire as interim superintendent at a special meeting Monday evening.

Tension is mounting in this 930-student school district. Community members raise funds and tote petitions to fight forced annexation by the Arkansas Department of Education.

Washington County prosecutors announced Friday that they have no intention of prosecuting members of the Greenland City Council in conjunction with media complaints that they violated the Arkansas Freedom of ...

Authorities say a jogger in northwest Arkansas was struck and killed by a driver who lost control of his truck and ran off the road.

Two weeks since the Arkansas Department of Education's announcement that Greenland should be annexed, few new details have emerged regarding the reasons Education Commissioner Ken James made the announcement ...

His district is threatened with forced annexation to another district, but Superintendent Ron Brawner may soon be out of a job for another reason.

Justice of the Peace Ann Harbison on Monday withdrew the proposed ordinance to regulate RV parks and campgrounds that she brought to the Washington County Services Committee last month.

The Fayetteville School Board will vote Thursday to oppose state efforts to annex Greenland Public Schools into a neighboring district.

Greenland School District residents Thursday signed petitions and gathered donations to fight the threat of annexation as leaders of neighboring districts explored how the merger would effect their schools' ...

In an age of litigation, small towns in Northwest Arkansas are budgeting, or thinking about budgeting, each year for the costs of potential lawsuits.

The Greenland Board of Education says it plans to contest a proposal by the state Department of Education that would annex the district into a neighboring school district.

Voters in the Greenland School District approved a 2.6-mill property tax increase by a narrow margin of eight votes during a special election held Tuesday.

Things are moving quickly on the Campbell Loop project, which will increase water capacity for people in Washington County south of Fayetteville.

Benton County voters go to the polls Tuesday in a runoff election for three Republican positions.