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Springdale-based Tyson Foods is serious about its 2.0 version update now one-year following the $8.55 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Tyson Foods executive Tom Hayes recently told analysts that the…

Fifth Annual Buried Treasure Graveside Tales

BURIED TREASURE GRAVESIDE TALES Meet Early Residents of Greenwood at Historical Society’s Fifth Annual Event Greenwood is a small town full of big personalities and it seems that has…

Museum Day Live!

Fort Smith Museum of History Museum Day Live! Saturday, September 26, 2015 10:00 a. m. – 5:00 p. m. The Fort Smith Museum of History will participate in the Smithsonian…

A Night in Tuscany

Despite better economy, average consumer debt rises near ‘tipping point’

CardHub reports consumers racked up $32.1 billion in new credit card balances during the second quarter ending June 30. Not only is this the largest second-quarter binge since the study began…

John Brown University garners high U.S. ranking among peers

John Brown University ranks No. 2 among Southern colleges in the upcoming U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2016 magazine. The ranking marks the sixth consecutive year that JBU…

Steel Horse Rally economic impact estimated at more than $4 million

The inaugural Steel Horse Rally held in downtown Fort Smith in early May was attended by an estimated 25,000 people and resulted in a regional economic impact of $4.272 million,…

Cox Communications unveils its fastest Internet service in Bentonville

Cox Communications brings its fastest Internet service for the first time to Arkansas in a partnership with a new Lindsey Management apartment complex in Bentonville. Cox unveiled the Gigablast Internet…

OG&E presents UAFS with a check for conservation efforts

Oklahoma Gas & Electric presented a $1,500 check to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on Sept. 8 in recognition of the university’s energy- and water-conservation upgrades to the…

30th Annual Oktoberfest

Dates set for executions of 8 inmates on Arkansas’ death row

Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) set the execution dates for eight death row inmates after more than a decade-long dearth of lethal injections. Hutchinson was urged to set the dates by…

United Way Campaign Kickoff Celebration

United Way of Fort Smith Area 2015 Campaign Kickoff! Come prepared to have fun! Lunch will be served.

Conner Eldridge to run for U.S. Senate, challenge Sen. Boozman in 2016

Former U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge, a Democrat, announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that he will challenge incumbent U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Arkansas, in 2016. In a press release put out Wednesday…

1985 Northside High School – 30th Class Reunion

Fayetteville voters OK law protecting gender identity, sexual orientation rights

An ordinance providing legal rights based on sexual orientation and gender identity was approved by Fayetteville voters in a Tuesday (Sept. 8) special election. The unofficial tally was 52.7% for…

Peacemaker Music Festival organizers provide $10,000 to area charities

The organizers of the first Peacemaker Music and Arts Festival on Tuesday (Sept. 8) presented checks totaling $10,000 to four Fort Smith area charities. The non-profit organizations receiving donations from…

Phase 1 work begins on historic Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith

Almost 10 months after acquiring the iconic Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith, Lance Beaty is moving forward on what he calls “Phase 1” of work to convert the building…

Arkansas’ First Ladies unite to rescue pieces of the state’s ‘gown’ history

An exhibit that is by far the most popular one at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock is in need of preservation treatment and some very familiar faces…

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic