by - April 21, 2011 12:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Senate President Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, had the highest success rate…
by - April 21, 2011 9:08 am
The Fort Smith Junior League is sponsoring a baby items drive for the Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center on April 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. located at the…
by - April 21, 2011 9:03 am
The Fort Smith Junior League is sponsoring a baby items drive for the Heart to Heart Pregnancy Center on April 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. located at the…
by - April 21, 2011 8:46 am
The Van Buren Public School system will receive more than $7.8 million for facilities improvements as part of $188.7 million in Arkansas school improvements approved Wednesday by the Arkansas Public…
by - April 21, 2011 8:36 am
Generating income from revenue continues to be a struggle for Van Buren-based USA Truck, which posted a first quarter 2011 net income loss of $2.7 million compared to a net…
by - April 20, 2011 8:23 pm
It’s an old-school fairy tale in which everything does not wind up in a neat little comfortable box. And Peter likes the old-school stuff.
by - April 20, 2011 7:24 pm
Bremner Food Group announced Wednesday (April 20) plans to cut approximately 135 positions at its Poteau cracker plant, adding negative labor pressure in a metro area that reported a 9.1%…
by - April 20, 2011 3:56 pm
The Boomarang Diner, which was originally located at 915 Garrison Ave. in downtown Fort Smith has made the decision to stay downtown. A fire recently destroyed the building in which…
by - April 20, 2011 3:36 pm
Frankie Hamilton has been trying since 2009 to retire as the director of the Fort Smith Convention Center. Those “trying” days will end July 1. Hamilton, 68, will end more…
by - April 20, 2011 12:31 pm
– Anne Hebert Experience a new way to read plays by looking at Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, – a drama of changing values and clashes of culture one…
by - April 20, 2011 10:06 am
After several years of generating money and awareness, organizers of an effort to place a large statue of legendary U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves are just a few steps away from…
by - April 20, 2011 9:27 am
Come see the Southside H.S. actors and actresses in action performing scenes from "Westside Story" LIVE and on video at: Hollywood Stars Pizza 7805A Rogers Ave on Monday, April 25th…
by - April 20, 2011 8:41 am
Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President Paul Harvel resigned last month as a member of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission to focus more on chamber work and job recruitment….
by - April 20, 2011 7:02 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Applause from attendees of Tuesday night’s Sebastian County Quorum Court meeting was centered on Justice Lisa Sellers’ comments regarding the decision making process of the…
by - April 19, 2011 9:33 pm
Jeff Dingman, who served as the assistant Sebastian County administrator between 1993-2000, will soon return to the area as Fort Smith’s deputy city administrator. Dingman, now serving as the city…
by - April 19, 2011 4:46 pm
Join us at Second Street Live on April 23rd for a fundraiser benefitting Children’s Emergency Shelter. Music by Wingnut, dancing, silent auction. Heavy hors d’oeuvres provided by Outback, Beef O’Brady’s, and…
by - April 19, 2011 4:36 pm
Fort Smith-based Griffin Properties plans to invest at least $2 million to build an “upscale convenience store/market/café,” and an adjacent liquor store in downtown Fort Smith at the northwest corner…
by - April 19, 2011 12:23 pm
For the purposes of gathering as much public input as possible, Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard plans to place few restrictions on Wednesday’s (April 20) hearing on the “sufficiency…
by - April 19, 2011 11:34 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.8% in March, the third consecutive month for the rate level, with the number of employed moving up to 1.263 million. The Arkansas jobless rate in…
by - April 19, 2011 8:51 am
The number of Fort Smith area properties in a foreclosure action during the first three months of 2011 totaled 407, down more than 20% compared to the 2010 period, according…
