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Cooper Clinic, once one of the largest physician-owned clinics in Arkansas, has been acquired by Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith, which is owned by St. Louis-based Mercy. News of the potential deal…
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After dipping slightly in the first four months of the year, the state’s second largest industry posted a new record 2% tourism tax collection and tourism job growth returned to…
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A downtown Fort Smith building once a repair place for brakes, tires and alignments may soon be a recreation place with beer, tequila and atmosphere. Or alignments. The former C&H…
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The lady who may run against Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary owns a gun range in Hot Springs. She captured national news when she banned muslims from…
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Fort Smith native James “Jay” Richardson said his 24 years of living outside of Fort Smith and Arkansas will be an advantage if elected to the District 78 seat of…
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The original intro for this essay was scrapped after that horrible thing in Vegas. Insanity. Y’all can send your loads of thoughts and prayers, but don’t expect real leadership on…
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One of the iconic ladies of Garrison Avenue in downtown Fort Smith is getting some work done – inside and out. The eight-story headquarters of First National Bank of Fort…
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Just two weeks after Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith and Cooper Clinic announced merger talks, five of the six orthopedic surgeons at Cooper Clinic are leaving to join Sparks Health System, the…
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Hurricane Harvey’s reach included Arkansas’ tourism marketing budget, with the state shifting just under $300,000 in broadcast spending as a result of Houston and much of southeast Texas being slammed…
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A robotic, voice-activated refrigerator is being tested. It will deliver to your IKEA couch your over-priced, millennial-loving craft beer. Don’t need the dog. Don’t need your legs. This is the…
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Diversity among the more than 1,300 people attending the inaugural white coat ceremony held by the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) was easy to see among a crowd sporting…
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Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders said Tuesday (Sept. 12) he changed his mind about when to endorse a mayoral candidate, and decided to throw his support behind George McGill. McGill,…
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Zessna Garcia-Rios says it’s never a good time to endure “a life changing policy shift,” but the 28-year-old DACA “Dreamer” thinks it is a good time for Congress to act…
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Rep. George McGill, D-Fort Smith, wants to be the next Fort Smith mayor in order to bring “common sense leadership” to a city on the “edge of amazing growth.” If…
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Tim McDowell was in Fort Smith a few years ago for what was to be a simple family gravestone dedication at Oak Cemetery. But he learned as part of the…
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Based on them fancy history books and reports from the fake news media, when Katrina hit New Orleans the president was NOT Obama. He may have lost his birth certificate…
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The Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith sat mostly quiet for several decades. No longer. Arkansas native and country musician Joe Nichols performs in the Temple’s revamped theater on Aug….
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This upcoming eclipse is not a normal cosmic event. It’s biblical. This eclipse is followed by another seven years later. The eclipse paths cross in Missouri over the New Madrid…
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Luis Andrade, a 21-year-old immigrant from Brazil, is such a fan of President Donald Trump that the slogan for his recently announced bid for mayor of Fort Smith is “Make…
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A new pro-medical marijuana association has been formed that includes as board members a former Arkansas attorney general and the author of the amendment that brought medical marijuana to the…
