by - April 16, 2012 7:06 pm
Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, and Sebastian County Board of Election Commissioners Chairman Lee Webb are asking the Fort Smith Board of Directors to remove Riverfront Drive from consideration…
by - April 16, 2012 12:42 pm
FORT SMITH — In a society replete with cause-of-the-month events and celebrations, perhaps none makes more of an impact than April as National Volunteer Month. The United Way of Fort…
by - April 16, 2012 12:15 pm
It’s been an incredible ride for entrepreneurs John James M.D., and partner Terry Turpin, who started and sold five companies between them before their 35th birthdays. So it should come…
by - April 16, 2012 9:14 am
Medicare Savings event with an emphasis on health, wellness and prevention. Everything is free! Come and see if you qualify for a savings plan and enroll or find answers to questions you have about a disease or Medicare itself….
by - April 16, 2012 8:59 am
Medicare Savings event with an emphasis on health, wellness and prevention. Everything is free! Come and see if you qualify for a savings plan and enroll or find answers to questions you have about a disease or…
by - April 15, 2012 10:31 pm
FORT SMITH — The Heritage Festival started out with a bang. The festivities began shortly after 10 a.m. (Saturday) with the very popular lawbreakers and peace-maker’s gun fights. These skits…
by - April 15, 2012 10:24 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — It was a homecoming of sorts for former U.S. President Bill Clinton Sunday (April 15) as he returned to Fayetteville paying homage to his longtime friends and mentors…
by - April 15, 2012 6:31 pm
Ready, shoot, aim. That’s been for the past several years the modus operandi of the Fort Smith Board of Directors — and that’s giving them credit on the “Ready” portion….
by - April 15, 2012 6:14 pm
As a disclaimer, I promise this column will not provide opinion on whether Bobby Petrino should have held onto his job as the University of Arkansas head football coach. That…
by - April 15, 2012 4:23 pm
FORT SMITH — It's unfortunate that the world doesn't work like International Festival which was held Saturday (April 14) at the Stubblefield Center on the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith campus. Thirty-six…
by - April 15, 2012 2:15 pm
FORT SMITH — Regional McDonald’s owner Michael Hadley has barely cracked his thirties, but he's packed in enough accomplishments for a man twice his age. Business and charity have been…
by - April 14, 2012 10:39 pm
Col. Thomas Anderson relinquished command of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing to Col. Mark W. Anderson in a formal change-of-command ceremony Saturday (April 14) at Ebbing Air…
by - April 14, 2012 10:32 pm
A request has been made to conduct a Congressional field hearing in Fort Smith related to U.S. defense budget cuts that would change the mission of the 188th Fighter Wing,…
by - April 14, 2012 10:01 pm
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination was in Fort Smith on Saturday and joked that part of his visit was to do “a bit…
by - April 14, 2012 6:52 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — At the end of last year’s Fayetteville Roots Festival, co-founders Bryan Hembree and Jerrmy Gawthrop got together and made their “top five” list of “dream scenerios” for the 2012…
by - April 13, 2012 5:11 pm
The World Trade Center Arkansas will host the Hong Kong Commissioner for economic trade affairs to discuss trade relations between Arkansas-based companies and Hong Kong. The trade seminar will be…
by - April 13, 2012 4:56 pm
Arkansas is one of 13 states “Leading the way” on the evaluation of tax incentives for economic development, according to a recent report from the Pew Center on the States….
by - April 13, 2012 11:18 am
John Brown University teams took first and second in the undergraduate division of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup business plans competition during a ceremony held in Little Rock on…
by - April 13, 2012 11:00 am
Sales tax collections — to include hospitality taxes —home sales activity and enplanement figures in the area are positive, but high jobless numbers continue to place downward pressure on the…
by - April 12, 2012 9:27 pm
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. posted a strong first quarter profit of $18 million and company officials reported new lending activity that would provide “excellent prospects for growth” in the…
