Bentonville Local News – Thursday, January 1st, 2026

Daily Bentonville

Thursday, January 1st, 2026

Good morning, Bentonville. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 1st of January.

BUSINESS NEWS

➤ Early Tuesday, over 6,000 customers experienced problems accessing Walmart's mobile app + website at around 7 a.m.; the outage, which mostly affected mobile orders, improved about an hour later. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

SPORTS NEWS

➤ Arkansas women will face No. 12 Vanderbilt at 1 p.m. today at Walton Arena in Fayetteville as both teams open their SEC schedule. Arkansas enters the game after a loss to Arkansas State that saw 29 turnovers while Vanderbilt remains unbeaten. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
➤ A 6-6, 310-pound offensive tackle transferring from Oregon State is expected to visit an Arkansas football program soon as more than 10 Power 4 schools vie for an official visit from him. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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