A community group that opposed an unsuccessful $100 million plan to expand the Washington County Detention Center is now planning a petition drive to reverse the county s decision to use American Rescue Plan Act funds for a smaller jail expansion project.
FAYETTEVILLE About an hour after being sworn in for a new term in office, Lance Johnson of Springdale resigned as justice of the peace for District 1 to become chief of staff for Washington County Judge Patrick Deakins.
Tempers flared Thursday night as Washington County officials offered competing pay plans and contradictory explanations of how those plans came to be presented to the Quorum Court.
A new pay plan for Washington County employees was delayed Thursday night after several county elected officials raised questions about how the plan was developed.