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Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville is the tenth-largest city in Arkansas and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the headquarters of Walmart, which is the world's largest retailer. Originally named Osage after the Osage Indians who hunted in the area when white settlers first moved to the area in 1837, the community was renamed to Bentonville in 1843 in honor of Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was first incorporated on April 3, 1873. It is one of the four main cities in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city itself had a population of 35,301 at the 2010 Census, with an estimated population of 40,167 in 2013.
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Supermarket News
March 27, 2018
Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart acquired Jet.com, which specializes in e-commerce for urban consumers, in 2016 for about $3 billion. It has recently been seeking to ramp up Jet's grocery capabilities, and last year added a 50-SKU line of private label grocery items called Uniquely J. “I'm incredibly excitedÃâà...
4029tv
March 25, 2018
This isn't the first time Bentonville students have stood in solidarity with the Parkland, Florida shooting victims. Malley Terrones, a Junior at Bentonville West, got detention last week for being a part of the school's walk out. “I hope people's eyes can be opened to see how many people care about this.”.
5newsonline.com
March 25, 2018
A demonstration was held in Bentonville Square and both views were voiced: those for stricter gun laws and others on hand to protect the Second Amendment -- the right to bear arms. The march at the square was organized by students from all over Northwest Arkansas. They saw what was going on at theÃâà...
KNWA
March 24, 2018
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) -- Thousands of people across the country are expected to participate in "March for Our Lives" Saturday. A march is scheduled ... Bentonville police will work with the Benton County Sheriff's Office and the Arkansas State Police to provide security during the event. "We've had toÃâà...
Arkansas Times (blog)
March 18, 2018
And, for good measure from the fringe in Northwest Arkansas, they've conflated the issue with abortion. ... First, from students in Bentonville (what do you bet some of them are part of the Bentonville 600, who accepted detention to participate in National Walkout Day. despite stern School Board disapproval.).
The Real Deal Magazine
March 11, 2018
Walmart senior vice president David Redfield moved into a three-bedroom condo he custom-designed the interior and paid $700,000 for the unit last year. “I wanted to make it feel less like small town Arkansas,” he told the Journal. He's not the only one making similar moves in their homes and in the townÃâà...
KARK
February 28, 2018
BENTONVILLE, Ark.- A high school sophomore was arrested at Bentonville High School on Wednesday in connection to making threats against the school. Police say a handwritten note was found in a restroom at Bentonville High School, threatening to use a gun on campus. Investigators and faculty laterÃâà...
4029tv
December 31, 1999
BENTONVILLE - Ark. —. Bentonville Police went around to businesses to inform them about protests planned for Saturday (March 24) and the increased police presence. Some businesses on the square are choosing to close, rather than risk being open. So far, we know the following stores will close onÃâà...
4029tv
December 31, 1999
The Bentonville Police Department is sending extra officers to the square Saturday for dueling political protests. At least three groups plan to rally on the square: a group of people in favor of gun control, a group of people against gun control, and a white nationalist group rallying against "antigun rhetoric.".
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