by - January 31, 2023 11:07 am
The U.S. and Arkansas economies may have 99 problems, or more considering inflation, but a recession in 2023 ain’t one of them. Probably not, anyway. Or at least not a…
by - January 25, 2023 2:13 pm
A $2.45 million sale of the Rodeway Hotel at 2123 Burnham Road was the top Sebastian County property deals in December, according to info from the office of Sebastian County…
by - January 17, 2023 10:27 am
The effort to build an intermodal port in the Fort Smith metro has received $3.17 million in government funds and spent or obligated at least $2.9 million since 2019. While…
by - January 11, 2023 6:01 pm
A more than 16% gain in outbound shipments and gains in sand, gravel, rock and iron/steel shipments resulted in a 2.94% gain in commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River…
by - January 10, 2023 9:13 pm
Aging infrastructure, a shortage of repair workers, and a deep winter freeze were primary reasons for 43.4% more leaks in 2022, a pending list of 371 leaks at year end,…
by - January 9, 2023 3:58 pm
Cynthia Coughlin of Bentonville has been appointed to the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation Board of Directors, bringing the board number to 20. After many years of delays, the Fort Smith…
by - January 4, 2023 10:14 am
If the economy is slowing, no one told Arkansas businesses and consumers. In the December report, fiscal year-to-date Arkansas tax revenue totaled $4.145 billion, up 6.4% compared with the same…
by - December 27, 2022 5:03 pm
Peggy Watson was the Sebastian County Circuit Clerk when Cindy Gilmer began working in the office. Gilmer, then a recent Ouachita Baptist University gradate, began her public career handling child…
by - December 25, 2022 8:41 am
If the path to the heart is through the stomach, stuffing might have Mervin Jebaraj’s heart. And sweet potato pie. “Stuffing. That’s the best part of Thanksgiving,” Jebaraj noted when…
by - December 20, 2022 2:07 pm
Arkansas had 74 work-related fatalities in 2021, or one death every 4.9 days. According to state and federal data, the 74 deaths is a 15.6% increase from 64 deaths in…
by - December 19, 2022 1:31 pm
The final meeting of the U.S. House committee investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously delivered four criminal referrals of former President Donald Trump based on…
by - December 17, 2022 9:50 am
Dr. Seidensticker, a college professor, made me a cassette tape of recordings of music by composers Haydn, Stravinsky, Wagner, and others, although he said Wagner could be tough to follow…
by - December 16, 2022 10:44 am
After reaching a recent low of 3.1% in February, Arkansas’ jobless rate moved higher during the year and reached 3.7% in November, which was higher than the 3.3% in November…
by - December 15, 2022 8:48 am
Commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River through November totaled 10.124 million tons, up 2.7%, with outbound and internal shipments driving the growth, according to figures from the U.S. Corps…
by - December 8, 2022 7:33 pm
A $5 million sale of 16 residential parcels along Houston and South Houston streets in east Fort Smith and a self storage unit ownership change were the top Sebastian County…
by - December 6, 2022 3:53 pm
The Fort Smith metro area had 3,309 homes sales in the January-October period, down 10.4% from 3,692 during the same period in 2021, a clear sign that rising interest rates…
by - December 2, 2022 10:55 am
Continued “high growth” in sales tax revenue helped push Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July-November) tax collections to $2.971 billion, up 5.6% compared with the same period in 2021. The revenue is…
by - November 28, 2022 3:01 pm
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC) Director Doralee Chandler has revoked the cultivation license of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR). Her action was procedural and followed a Nov. 3 court…
by - November 21, 2022 4:37 pm
The future of 75 jobs and an $8 million marijuana cultivation center in Fort Smith was the focus of continued legal filings in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, with attorneys…
by - November 16, 2022 6:25 pm
Officials with Mercy Fort Smith and Fort Smith Mayor George McGill gathered on a cold Wednesday (Nov. 16) to break ground on a $3.6 million primary care clinic at 4600…
