by - July 25, 2013 4:22 pm
Macaroni Necklaces
Kids are invited to come to the Mulberry Public Library and make a macaroni necklace to take home. Refreshments will be available. For additional information please call 479-997-1226.
Fort Smith
by - July 25, 2013 4:18 pm
Groundbreaking Quotes Contest
The Alma Public Library is taking submissions for a Groundbreaking Quotes Contest during the month of August. The walls have recently been painted and the library is looking for quotes…
by - July 25, 2013 4:08 pm
Low-income family access to Internet focus of Cox plan
As business and political leaders in Arkansas begin work on how to improve broadband access to public schools in the state, one of the leading cable and Internet providers in…
by - July 25, 2013 2:19 pm
New survey says Wal-Mart lags the grocery pack
Wal-Mart sells a lot of groceries but it’s not the most popular grocery destination in the U.S., despite its more than 4,000 stores, low prices and convenient locations, according to…
by - July 25, 2013 10:38 am
Wired schools: Is there a political will and way?
While business leaders and educators have embarked on an effort to understand and solve a broadband shortage in the state’s public schools, lawmakers will have a final say on signing…
by - July 25, 2013 10:27 am
Arkansas Best announces quarterly dividend
The Board of Directors at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. have declared a quarterly cash dividend of 3 cents per share to be paid Aug. 22 to shareholders of record…
by - July 25, 2013 10:05 am
13 firms apply to build Sebastian County aquatics park
Of the 13 companies that have applied for the construction manager at-risk position created to work with designers and subcontractors on the new Ben Geren Aquatics Center, officials from the…
by - July 25, 2013 12:06 am
Fort Smith market sees fewer cash home sales
Home sales across Northwest Arkansas and much of the country are being fueled in part by all-cash deals, short sales and institutional investors, but the Fort Smith metro area is…
by - July 24, 2013 6:43 pm
CJRW’s Woods brothers to enter Advertising Hall of Fame
Shelby Woods and Wayne Woods of Little Rock-based advertising/PR giant CJRW have been selected by the Tenth District of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for the Southwest Advertising Hall of…
by - July 24, 2013 5:14 pm
USA Truck posts another loss but financials improve
The financials are improving but the losses continue at Van Buren-based USA Truck, with the trucking company reporting Wednesday (July 24) a first half 2013 loss of $3.5 million, better…
by - July 24, 2013 4:59 pm
Caregiver Workshop at Project Compassion
by - July 24, 2013 2:14 pm
Baloney Sandwich Index predicts June jobless rate dip
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate for June is likely to be lower than the May 7.7% rate. That’s what the June Baloney Sandwich Index predicts. May’s 7.7% jobless rate…
by - July 24, 2013 11:51 am
License plate readers come with privacy concerns
Police may know exactly where you've been at any given day and time with new technology that has been popping up at police departments across the nation, and it has…
by - July 24, 2013 11:17 am
Fort Smith Director talks annexation south of city
Interstate 49 annexation. If that sounds familiar, that is because it is. At a Feb. 5 Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting, City Director and Vice Mayor Kevin Settle floated…
by - July 23, 2013 5:13 pm
Traffic relief debated for ‘historic’ Free Ferry road
Fort Smith city directors spent much of the noon study session today (July 23) discussing the widening of Albert Pike and Free Ferry Road. In 2006, the city undertook a…
by - July 23, 2013 5:07 pm
Federal grants announced for XNA, other Arkansas airports
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) will receive a more than $3.43 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Also, six other Arkansas airports will receive almost $1.5 million…
by - July 23, 2013 3:07 pm
Declines continue for Fort Smith tax revenue
Sales tax revenue in Fort Smith continues to head in the wrong direction, with the June report showing revenue down more than 4% compared to budget expectations. June also marked…
by - July 23, 2013 2:02 pm
‘Wobbly’ U.S. economic trends to continue
Three groups that track the U.S. transportation sector – a bellwether for the U.S. economy – suggest uneven patterns will continue and the “wobbly nature” of recent economic trends will…
by - July 23, 2013 12:04 pm
BancorpSouth reports increase in quarterly income
BancorpSouth, which has operations in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas, reported second quarter net income of $20.75 million, slightly ahead of the $20.62 million for the same quarter…
by - July 23, 2013 10:07 am
Hutchinson: GOP governor needed to win ‘jobs war’
Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson spoke to the Political Animals Club of Central Arkansas on Tuesday morning. A group of around 100 politicos gathered for breakfast on the top floor…