Fort Smith

Rockline reduction

Booneville and Springdale plants cut landfill waste.

Philpot’s BottomLine Tips: Retirement nest egg truths

Keeping our retirement goals in front of us and mapping out the correct plan of action is like establishing goals for being fit and healthy.

Boulden is 2012 president-elect of NWA PRSA

Jennifer Boulden, communications and event services manager at the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau, is the 2012 president-elect of the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of…

Van Buren rejects 2009 true up charge

The Fort Smith Board of Directors must now decide a course of action after Van Buren officials rejected a request to pay the city of Fort Smith a contested water…

Regional, state tourism numbers still positive

Barring a comparative decline in the final two months of 2011, Fort Smith and Van Buren are on track for an annual gain in hospitality tax collections. In Fort Smith,…

Partisan lines

GOP: ‘No justice in Justice of the Peace redistricting.’

Enraged and enlightened

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] My closet hero has died. He called Bill Clinton a rapist. He wrote frequently of his distaste for George W. Bush. He was one…

Library hosts ‘Kids in the Kitchen’

Children made reindeer chow from a combination of pretzels, marshmallows, M&M’S, white chocolate chips and Chex Cereal.

Post Office closures dominate legislative meeting

In its monthly oversight meeting, Arkansas lawmakers obsessed on several hot button topics, including health care, forestry cuts, and post office closures. Legislators grilled state Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford on…

Realtor merger

Northwest Arkansas Realtors may join forces in January.

Steep decline in Arkansas foreclosure actions

The number of Arkansas properties in some phase of foreclosure during November fell more than 90%, with a September legal ruling possibly the source of the significant reduction. Foreclosure actions…

$20,000 bonus approved for FCRA director

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) approved a 1-year budget at Thursday’s (Dec. 15) monthly meeting for the Deer Trails Golf Course. According to the Golf Course Committee Report, the…

Adam & Eats: El Trio

The restaurant is an oasis in the barren wasteland of Wal-Mart Supercenter upgrades.

Marshals coin approved by U.S. House

After several years of trying, a U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation now heads to the U.S. Senate. Proceeds from sale…

CNG rebate program deadline extended

The Arkansas Energy Office (AEO) is extending the deadline for a rebate program that has had requests to convert 140 vehicles to use compressed natural gas. The rebate program, first…

Plant development

A $50 million project is planned for south Arkansas.

Arvest Bank leads November mortgage activity

The Fort Smith regional housing market may be somewhat tepid, but Arvest Bank has been able to capture as much of the mortgage business is possible. The Bentonville-based bank captured…

AG McDaniel rejects tax amendment language

Claiming an anti-tax group needs to “redesign” its proposed amendment language, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) rejected the first attempt of the proposal to qualify for the 2012 ballot. In…

5th Annual Diabetes Expo

Diabetes Expo Saturday, June 23, 2012, 9:00am-1:00pm NWA Holiday Inn Convention Center, Springdale, AR The American Diabetes Association of Northwest Arkansas proudly invites you to our 5th Annual Diabetes Expo….

Big Screen Peter: The Sitter

From start to finish, there is no coherency. The only thread holding the movie together is the mere fact the same people keep popping up throughout the movie.