John Hearron said he was just doing his job when he apprehended a pair of suspected criminals last summer.

Bella Vista's Brittany Fleming recently gave a presentation at the American Association of School Librarians in Salt Lake City.

After a year off for social distancing, the Bella Vista Community Concert Band had a successful season over the summer and now they are celebrating with a Chri…

A new temporary exhibit is on display at the Bella Vista Historical Museum featuring the award winning columns of Jan Burgess, who wrote for The Weekly Vista f…

Tom Flynn, of Rogers, the found-object artist responsible for the new firefly art installation at the Bella Vista Public Library, recently shared about art and…

A local car club is the first one off the line in the race to raise funds for the expansion of the Veterans Wall of Honor.

A special "Longest Night" service at Bella Vista's First United Methodist Church can help ease the grief some people are feeling this holiday season.

For generations, a plain white church building has silently overlooked the busy traffic on Highway 71B. It appears empty and a little bit lonely, but well main…

It's fun to look back at how computers were being used 50 years ago compared to the incredible technological advances made in the past few years. This is a rep…

Civil War Round Table -- Dec. 2

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The population growth in Northwest Arkansas will not only add new legislative seats in both the state House and state Senate, but also displace some legislator…

I'm not a Black Friday kind of guy. Never have been, never will be.

Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev ounce said, "America will never fall unto a foreign invader, she will simply spend herself to death." With the action of the D…

Thank you Nadine Kranz for your letter in the Nov. 10 "Weekly Vista" regarding the Lake Bella Vista Walking Trail. My husband and I enjoy our walks on that pat…

Winter is upon us. To an amateur astronomer, this means that the winter constellations are rapidly appearing and the night sky will look very different in wint…

Back in August I was offered the job as managing editor of this newspaper. The offer came at an ideal time in my life. I was thankful for the offer and now equ…

This is always the best week of the year to stop, take a deep breath and reflect on taking stock of all our many blessings.

The news out of Little Rock this week really didn't surprise me.

There are many Christians today who believe that America is God's chosen nation and therefore must be defended as such. They also tend to identify with an idea…

"But in those days, after that tribulation, 'the sun shall be darkened, the moon shall not give her light, the stars of heaven shall fall,' and the powers that…

Looking back on last week's Thanksgiving holiday I am reminded of a story. When Erma Bombeck was fighting her own battle with cancer, she often told the story …

As I mentioned last week, there appears to be a huge disconnect between what some Christians believe about their churches and what is actually happening. This …

"Bless the LORD, O my soul. And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits." Psalm 103:1-2 (Read…

The average person talks to themselves thousands of times a day.

My daughter was serious when she asked, "Dad, what do you think about all of the small churches in our country that are struggling to exist and lift up Christi…

Lord, you have been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or before you had formed the earth and the world, even from…