Local residents are battling rising housing prices as the population in Northwest Arkansas continues to grow. Â
The total population across the four major NWA cities is expected to increase by 80,000 households by 2040, according to the Walton Family Foundation. Amid population and economic growth, housing prices in NWA have risen. Median rents increased 1-13% in three of the major cities between 2011 and 2016, and the median price of for-sale homes rose 15-43% according to the Walton Family Foundation.
Jacob Queen, 29, a Tokyo resident, moved to Japan in March 2020 to escape housing costs in NWA.Â
Queen lived in east Texas, Denver and Seoul, South Korea during his five years in the U.S. Army. His parents moved to NWA in 2018, and after Queen finished serving, he came to Fayetteville to look for a place to settle, he said in an email. NWA housing costs are among the worst Queen has seen, he said.
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The committee leading a national job search to find the next chancellor for the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana has announced four finalists.
All are scheduled to make campus visits this month.
The finalists are:
Timothy Cornelius, academic vice president of career and workforce education at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. His previous roles include dean and interim associate vice president of the Business and Computer Information Division at NWACC, adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Texarkana and division manager/corporate counsel/vice president/controller at Pyramid Plastics. Cornelius has also worked as an attorney and was named a Sam Walton Fellow. He holds a juris doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a master of business administration from Texas A&M University-Texarkana and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University-Texarkana.
Man arrested in 2004 killing of Arkansas woman is extradited
December 23, 2020 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A man arrested for the 2004 killing of a 22-year-old Arkansas woman has been extradited to Arkansas, according to the county sheriff’s office.
As of Monday evening, William Alma Miller, 44, was placed in the Izard County jail and is scheduled for a circuit court hearing today on a first-degree murder charge, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Miller was arrested on suspicion of killing Rebekah Gould, who was found dead more than 15 years ago. Her body was found at the bottom of an embankment six days after she was reported missing.