by - April 25, 2012 4:40 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved extension of the Runway Cafe contract Tuesday night (April 24) at its regularly scheduled meeting. The operators of the airport terminal restaurant were…
by - April 25, 2012 4:17 pm
No sales tax, no travel visa required, no export duties to move product into China and the lowest corporate income tax in the world – that’s just a few of…
by - April 25, 2012 4:12 pm
Fort Smith native Tom Gean has been handed the Herculean job of global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance officer for Wal-Mart Stores in the wake of serious allegations that senior…
by - April 25, 2012 2:27 pm
Tontitown-based P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted positive numbers for the first quarter of 2012, a good start for a company that has seen income losses in the previous three years….
by - April 25, 2012 2:15 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Country music legend Glen Campbell will say good-bye to his Northwest Arkansas fan base not once, but twice, this weekend. Tickets to Campbell’s Friday (April 27) show at…
by - April 25, 2012 2:10 pm
This exciting, weeklong summer adventure in creativity immerses children in imaginative play that reinforces and supplements school-year learning in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Children will…
by - April 25, 2012 2:09 pm
Joyce Whittington, from the Crawford County Extension Office, is returning by popular demand to teach us all how to stretch those food dollars while eating a healthy diet. This is…
by - April 25, 2012 1:42 pm
Governor Mike Beebe also announced Wednesday (April 25) the following appointments to boards and commissions: Greg Ashcraft, Sheridan, reappointed to the Arkansas Lifeline Individual Verification Effort Corporation. Appointment expires March…
by - April 25, 2012 10:27 am
The USDA confirmed this week that a dairy cow in California was discovered with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as mad cow disease. The age of the cow…
by - April 25, 2012 10:07 am
America's Car-Mart Inc. today (April 25) announced the opening of its 114th dealership. The dealership is located in Corinth, Mississippi and represents Car-Mart's third location in the state. "We are…
by - April 25, 2012 12:35 am
Beef U.S. beef packers lost $77.84 per head processed, versus 91cents pocketed a year ago. Cattle slaughter was down 4.9%, while beef production fell 4.6% from a year ago. Beef…
by - April 25, 2012 12:01 am
In one month thousands of Walmart shareholders, international delegates and top media representatives will descend on Northwest Arkansas for the retail giant’s annual shareholder meeting and week-long activities. The spotlight…
by - April 24, 2012 10:30 pm
Following a 29.17% decline in revenue from 2010 to 2011, things are finally looking up for the Fort Smith Convention Center. Through the first quarter of 2012, the Convention Center,…
by - April 24, 2012 8:42 pm
The City of Fort Smith Board of Directors continues to wrestle with whether to bring the remaining 3,394 households that are part of the Automated Refuse Collection Program (ARCP) expansion…
by - April 24, 2012 6:43 pm
Before Levon Helm became a music legend and film star, he lived so far out in the Phillips County, Ark., hinterlands that he and his cousin Billy Helms had to…
by - April 24, 2012 6:24 pm
One might expect to find Texas musician Hayes Carll cramped in the corner of a bar with sawdust floors, lit only by the dim of the beer signs’ light. He’d…
by - April 24, 2012 2:38 pm
Fort Smith’s Ward 3 City Director position is not without a candidate. Alex Cardenas, a small business owner and native of east Oklahoma, has announced he will seek what will…
by - April 24, 2012 2:16 pm
Increases continued for tonnage hauled by the U.S. trucking industry during the first quarter of 2012, but it was slower than the pace seen during 2011. The American Trucking Associations’…
by - April 24, 2012 1:45 pm
Deltic Timber squeaked out a small first quarter profit of $97,000 despite a tough, but improving, real estate environment. The El Dorado-based real estate and timber group posted the first…
by - April 24, 2012 10:47 am
As a kid and young adult, Grant Tennille lived in a lot of different places, but for the better part of the last decade, he's called Arkansas home. Tennille, 43,…
