by - July 16, 2015 2:36 pm
A “Rally for the Rebels!” event will be held at the Southside High School football stadium just days ahead of a planned Fort Smith School Board vote to change the…
by - July 16, 2015 12:30 pm
Meat industry lobbyists succeeded in getting the county-of-origin labels for beef, pork and poultry repealed by the U.S. Congress, but it seems that consumers preferred them. A study by the…
by - July 16, 2015 11:14 am
Running an effective e-commerce operation like Amazon at a time when consumers expect more for less is a daunting task. Just ask e-commerce behemoth Alibaba who came into the U.S….
by - July 16, 2015 10:56 am
Foreclosures across the region, state and much of the nation are returning to their pre-crisis levels according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. The data marketing firm reports local foreclosures are down…
by - July 16, 2015 9:35 am
A life changing speech by “The Hutch,” a Village People appearance at a recent Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting and feral cats are part of the recent report from…
by - July 15, 2015 10:30 pm
Recapitalizing the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, moving money into a rainy day fund and creating a state “jobs” program by directing money to short-term highway projects are just a…
by - July 15, 2015 9:11 pm
A day after the Department of Energy’s (DOE) comment period ended for the controversial $2.4 billion Clean Line wind-power transmission project, Arkansas’ Congressional delegation introduced a states’ rights bill to…
by - July 15, 2015 6:04 pm
The Fort Smith School District became the first in the state of Arkansas to acquire a new upgraded, high-speed, fiber-optic broadband network 40 times faster than what other schools throughout…
by - July 15, 2015 5:45 pm
A short-term funding bill that will authorize appropriations for federal-aid highway, highway safety and public transportation programs passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House Wednesday. The 312-119 vote on H.R. 3038…
by - July 15, 2015 5:30 pm
Real estate agents across Fort Smith and the surrounding area are having one of their best years ever with 18.5% growth in sales volume through the first half of 2015,…
by - July 15, 2015 11:37 am
A year after an acidic chemical release mishap by Tyson Foods in Monett, Mo., the meat giant announced a collaboration with the Nature Conservancy in an effort to protect rivers…
by - July 15, 2015 10:11 am
United States v. Cherokee Bill Friday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 22 at 6:00 p.m. In July of 1895, Cherokee Bill, eighteen years old, sets in his jail…
by - July 15, 2015 10:09 am
United States v. Cherokee Bill Friday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 22 at 6:00 p.m. In July of 1895, Cherokee Bill, eighteen years old, sets in his jail…
by - July 14, 2015 9:23 pm
Arkansas, like 44 other states, gets an “F” for its medical pricing transparency from one report, but a statewide effort could raise the score and help consumers better understand what…
by - July 14, 2015 8:58 pm
The River Valley Regional Food Bank has been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program. The funds will be used to purchase a replacement Retail Recovery…
by - July 14, 2015 8:01 pm
Christmas in July is not a new retailer tactic to draw in shoppers in hopes of hoisting mid-summer sales. Amazon has never taken part in these theatrics until now, according…
by - July 14, 2015 7:38 pm
Those who spoke Tuesday morning (July 14) at the opening ceremony for a six-mile piece of Interstate 49 through Chaffee Crossing east of Fort Smith had a common theme: It’s…
by - July 14, 2015 6:28 pm
City employees packed the room at Tuesday’s (July 14) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors in which reinstatement of a business license fee, a reduction in non-uniformed…
by - July 14, 2015 2:53 pm
The agreement early Tuesday between the United States and Iran over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions put foreign policy back into the political debate and drew a strong rebuke from…
by - July 14, 2015 8:30 am
Alia Borroho, 32, has been a business development director at an education tech startup in Little Rock. She wanted to write software code instead. After 12 weeks of classes, she’ll…
