Art gazers: Bailey Carter, from left, Jedidiah Brandon and Casey Trzcinski walk through the Fayetteville Underground art gallery Thursday just before the “Blurring Boundaries” show opened. Artists Jennifer Henbest-Calvillo, Nann Nann and Marianne Wilson will be showing their work at the new gallery on the Fayetteville downtown Square until July 11. BROOKE McNEELY / Northwest Arkansas Times

4.9-mill hike sought: Board sets amount of proposed tax increase for high school

The Fayetteville School District Board of Education voted 6-0 Thursday to ask voters to approve a 4.9-mill property tax increase in order to build a new high school on the existing campus. — Friday, June 26, 2009

Groups share economic development progress

Fayetteville should dedicate 25 percent of surplus funds in the budget to a Quick Action Closing Fund, for the mayor to use at his discretion to attract new business to the city, the economic incentives/job growth group of the Fayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Council recommended Friday. — Saturday, June 27, 2009

Woman slain Ex-boyfriend arrested after woman stabbed to death

A 41-year-old Farmington man was arrested Friday night on a potential charge of murder in the second degree for allegedly stabbing and killing his ex-girlfriend in her apartment. — Sunday, June 28, 2009

Keeping a record : Pryor Center makes new Web site live

In a far corner of the University of Arkansas library, there's a quiet room with dim lights and state-of-the-art video equipment, where the visual and oral histories of Arkansans are being captured, indexed, immortalized and broadcast to the world via Internet. — Monday, June 29, 2009

Shot by police: Homicide victim fatally struck by bullet during rescue attempt

A police bullet and multiple stab wounds were responsible for the death of 26-year-old Jill Ulmer on Friday night. — Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Prosecutor eyeing capital murder charge for Anderson

Washington County Prosecuting Attorney John Threet said Tuesday that he is looking at a capital murder charge against Ricky Ray Anderson, 41, of Farmington, who is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Jill Ulmer, several times Friday. — Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Department exonerates officers : Internal probe clears officers in Ulmer case

An internal investigation conducted by the Fayetteville Police Department has determined that two officers acted in accordance with departmental policy when a bullet fired from one of their weapons inadvertently struck a homicide victim in the head last week. — Thursday, July 2, 2009