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BENTONVILLE -- Seventy-five homes in Benton County were destroyed, 265 sustained major damage and 2,600 were affected in the storm system that whipped through the region May 26, Benton County Judge Barry Moehring reported at a Friday morning news conference. Moehring was joined by several local officials, including Rogers Mayor Greg Hines and Bentonville Mayor Stephanie Orman. Keith Jones, a

After the outbreak of storms early last week, many Twin Lakes residents have been in the process of recovering from the damage they caused by severe weather. Marion and Boone Counties received a federal declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but there was some confusion as to when Baxter County would receive that same federal declaration until late Wednesday night.

BENTONVILLE -- A disaster recovery center is opening at Northwest Arkansas Community College on Thursday to provide one-on-one help to Arkansans affected by recent severe weather. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Arkansas are opening the center in room SC 108 of the college's Paneitz Student Center at 1211 S.E. Eagle Way, according to a news release Wednesday from FEMA

More than 48,000 individuals across the region have already applied for assistance, and more than $1 million has already been given to people impacted by the storms. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is urging Houston-area residents to sign up for disaster assistance after storm damage from last week’s derecho. The wind storm produced two tornados that caused power outages, and