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The Company Running This Bella Vista Lodge Has Dissolved
Campfire Ranch's website says it's closing its doors, and the Gunnison Country Times reported the company's dissolution in July 2026. What that means for…
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Fayetteville Caps Single-Family Homes at Three Unrelated People
I told parents to buy a five-bedroom house near campus and rent the rooms to four or five students. Fayetteville's code defines a "family" in single-famil…
Cost of Living
I Promised to Debunk Her and Then Agreed With Everything
A comedian made a critical TikTok about Bentonville. I called it untruthful and then conceded every factual claim in it. Here's the wage math I skipped —…
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Downtown Springdale Didn't Start Five Years Ago
I said nothing was happening in Springdale five years ago. The Greenway opened through downtown in 2015 and the Downtown Springdale Alliance formed the sa…
Cities
The Dream Hotel Is Not Being Built
I said a 16-story hotel was about to break ground at Pinnacle Hills. Hunt Ventures bought the land in December 2024 specifically to stop it. Also correcte…
Moving to NWA
Arkansas's Medical Research Powerhouse Is in Little Rock
I credited the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with the state's best medical research. That's UAMS in Little Rock — a different institution entirel…
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One of Those Christmas Light Displays Is Free. The Other Is $30.
I called the two big drive-through light displays "very comparable." The Stewart Family display has six million lights and costs nothing; The Light Show N…
Moving to NWA
The Medical School Housing Isn't Free — I Said It Was
I told viewers the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine offers free tuition and free housing. Tuition is free — for five cohorts, better than I described. I…
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I Can't Find the 147-Page Document I Said Fayetteville Just Ratified
I described one big new Fayetteville planning document. The record shows three separate things — a comprehensive plan adopted in 2020, a 2024 corridor rez…
Moving to NWA
Arkansas Has Snow Plows — I Said It Doesn't
I told viewers Northwest Arkansas has no snow plows and no salt trucks. ARDOT runs more than 700 plows and pre-treats highways with brine. Also corrected:…
Cost of Living
2008 Was Not a Bump in the Road Here
I called the financial crisis "more of a bump in the road" here. A Bentonville bank with $2.1 billion in assets failed in May 2008, lot inventory hit near…
Moving to NWA
Why Tulsa Is Hotter Than Northwest Arkansas — It Isn't the Trees
I said Tulsa runs ten degrees hotter and guessed our tree cover was why. The real gap is about four degrees and the real reason is elevation — we sit 650…