Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | KFSM 5NEWS

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  Triathlon runner from Florida comes to NWA to helps differently-abled athletes participate in Trifest

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  High school football live scoreboard | Football Friday Night Week One

• Watch for a stray storm Sunday afternoon
• Former governor and UN ambassador Bill Richardson dies
• Jimmy Buffett, 'Margaritaville' singer-songwriter, dead at 76
• War Memorial Stadium | Happy 75th anniversary to the stadium that almost wasn't
• Fort Smith splash pads closing date extended
• Meet Ari, the support dog helping vulnerable kids in Arkansas courtrooms
• Bob Folsom Elementary in Farmington becomes latest school to be Project ADAM designated

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  Enter to WIN 10 Tickets to Exeter Corn Maze
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  Sponsored Story: 5Features Guide to Caregiving with AARP
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  DWTN NOW: Summer Always Blooms
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  5Features Sponsored by Parrot Island Waterpark
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  Sharum's Garden Center is heating up for the summer
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  Sponsored Story: Parrot Island Waterpark is Here To Help You Beat the Heat This Summer
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  Sharum's Garden Center is open for the season
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  Storm warning fatigue | Alerting Arkansas
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  5Features: AARP's Annual Shred Fest

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  Biden tells Idalia's Florida victims 'your nation has your back.' DeSantis rejects meeting with him

  Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning along Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm, causing widespread flooding and damage.
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  Shirtless man who may have hidden in creek behind Westwood Elementary has been arrested

  Arkansas State Police, Greenwood police, K-9 units, Sebastian County Sheriff's Office deputies, and drones have been deployed in the search.
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  NWA and River Valley events for 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month

  The Hispanic community in the area is celebrating the month, which includes many Latin American countries' Independence Day, with events throughout the month.

• Death under investigation at Burning Man as flooding strands thousands at Nevada festival site
• Three countries uninvited from Nobel Prize awards
• Banks, UPS, Costco: Which stores will be open, closed on Labor Day
• Biden tells Idalia's Florida victims 'your nation has your back.' DeSantis rejects meeting with him
• Former governor and UN ambassador Bill Richardson dies
• Jimmy Buffett was admitted 'workaholic' building a Margaritaville empire

Local Events

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  Triathlon runner from Florida comes to NWA to helps differently-abled athletes participate in Trifest

  Greg Simony is the founder of Push to Inspire, which is a non-profit helping athletes with disabilities and special needs participate in races.
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  Final scores | Football Friday Night Week One

  Here are the final scores from games played in 5COUNTRY during Football Friday Week One (Sept. 1, 2023).

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  No, leaving your hands wet or drying them with your clothes isn’t more sanitary than using an air dryer

  Whether you use a paper towel or an electric hand dryer, your hands will be cleaner dry than if you leave them wet.
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  Negotiated drug prices for Medicare won’t take effect right away

  Many readers have asked us questions about the Medicare drug price negotiation. We VERIFY when some seniors could see lower medication costs.