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Groundbreaking ceremony for the AWSOM Whole Health Campus in Bentonville, Arkansas, with a speaker at a podium under a white event tent and guests seated on the cleared construction site

Cities

Bentonville's $700M Hospital Campus Breaks Ground

Ground broke September 17 on Bentonville's AWSOM Whole Health Campus: $700 million from Alice Walton and Mercy, plus a $50 million Tyson pledge.

New four-lane highway under construction through green Northwest Arkansas hills, part of the road work connecting XNA to Interstate 49

Moving to NWA

XNA Expansion: New Gates and a New Road to I-49

XNA's $78.8M Western Concourse adds a net five gates, a federal loan may fund it, and the new XNA Connector road finally links the airport to I-49.

Open field and a hatchery pond at dusk in Centerton, Arkansas, the kind of land slated for the city's planned new downtown

Cities

Centerton's 833-Acre Downtown Plan, Explained

Centerton adopted an 833-acre downtown master plan. What's in it, the flooding and trail hurdles, and how long before anything actually gets built.

Concourse interior at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA), with flight information screens, restaurants and escalators

Cost of Living

NWA Rentals 2026: Vacancy Doubles, Options Open

NWA apartment vacancy doubled to 7.3%. Plus Olive Street Apartments in Rogers, six restaurants on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and XNA's award bid.

Bright orange and red fall leaves on a wooded trail, the kind of peak autumn color that draws leaf-peepers to the Fayetteville, Arkansas area

Things to Do

NWA Now: Condoleezza Rice, Lowell Park, Fall Color

Condoleezza Rice comes to Crystal Bridges Sept. 30, a 50,000 sq ft adventure park opens in Lowell, and where to catch fall color around Fayetteville.

Aerial view of a row of new brick townhomes, the for-sale missing-middle housing type Northwest Arkansas has been short on

Moving to NWA

NWA Building Pauses: Sewer Limits & Missing Middle

Why parts of Bentonville, Prairie Grove and Centerton can't build right now, the $1.5B sewer gap, and why NWA needs more for-sale condos and townhomes.

Hikers standing on a sandstone bluff overlooking an Ozark valley in peak fall color in Northwest Arkansas

Moving to NWA

Why NWA Keeps Winning America's Migration Race

Arkansas ranks 11th nationally for interstate migration, and most arrivals land in NWA. Jobs, pace of life and outdoor access explain why people choose it.

Two-story brick new construction home with a covered front porch in a Northwest Arkansas subdivision at dusk

Cost of Living

NWA Buyer's Market: What Changed in Bentonville

The Skyline Report calls NWA a buyer's market. Benton County prices down 1.2%, sales up 3.8%, and builder incentives worth $5,000 to $10,000 are on the table.

Aerial view of Walmart's home office campus in Bentonville, Arkansas, showing the 8th and Plate food hall, office buildings and landscaped walkways at sunset

Cities

NWA Now: Med School Doubles, Cave Springs Walmart

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine doubles to 96 students, Cave Springs approves its first Walmart, and Silver Dollar City invests $150 million.

Interior of a Dick's House of Sport store showing the climbing wall and order pickup counter, the format coming to Concord Commons in Lowell, Arkansas

Cities

Lowell, AR: NWA's Most Affordable Growth Hub

Lowell averages $284,000 vs. $309,000 in Rogers. Dick's House of Sport, Concord Commons and a first Walmart make it Northwest Arkansas' next growth hub.

Rendering of the expanded terminal and curbside drive at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) near Bentonville, Arkansas

Cities

NWA Now: Pea Ridge Park, Johnson Condos & Europe

Pea Ridge parkland, eight for-sale condos in Johnson, and XNA one stop from four European cities. Three Northwest Arkansas stories worth watching in 2026.

Common-area lounge with a stone fireplace, armchairs and tall windows in a Northwest Arkansas residential community

Cities, Neighborhoods

Bella Vista Has Been a Retirement Community Since 1965

Correcting my Northwest Arkansas video: Bella Vista opened as a retirement community in 1965 and Butterfield Trail Village has operated in Fayetteville since 1986.