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Happy news

Only 33% of Americans are “very happy.”

Support wanes for Arkansas highway bills

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, contributed to this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Part of a quid pro quo between truckers, Gov. Mike…

Arkansas personal income up 4.82% (Updated)

Personal income in Arkansas during the first quarter of 2011 was $99.012 billion, up 4.82% compared to the first quarter of 2010 and up 1.9% compared to the fourth quarter…

Fort Smith board approves police pay change

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted on Tuesday (June 21) to lower the weekly overtime threshold for city police officers. The 6-1 vote came…

Quorum Court approves economic development resolutions

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Quorum Court members showed solidarity Tuesday night in unanimously voting for two resolutions designed to boost future economic development and infrastructure for Sebastian…

Regulators consider moratorium on disposal wells

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The director of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission will ask…

124-year old Warner Smith & Harris firm to close doors

The planned closing of Warner Smith & Harris, a law firmed founded in 1887 and considered by many a cornerstone of the region’s legal community, proves that the economics of…

U.S. travel and tourism economy in slow recovery

A federal economic report released Tuesday (June 21) showing a decline in first quarter 2011 spending on travel and tourism provides insight into enplanement trends at Arkansas’ top three airports…

TEA Party not similar to GOP

story info courtesy of the University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For the GOP, the Tea Party is a mixed bag, according to political scientist Angie Maxwell of the University…

Smiling customers equals business success

Customer service often includes providing a solution and/or experience with the purchase.

Average monthly residential OG&E bill to increase $2.32

Arkansas’ Public Service Commission on June 17 approved an $8.787 million rate increase on about 66,000 Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers in western Arkansas. That increase could soon be followed…

Evan’s Project provides photos for hospitalized infants

story and photos by Ruby Dean [email protected] An expectant mother’s hopes and dreams grow even faster than her fetus. Thoughts of bringing home a newborn to hold close and love…

Metro troubles

Job growth slow to return to big U.S. cities.

Wal-Mart wins Supreme Court appeal in class-action lawsuit (Updated)

The U.S. Supreme Court was unanimous in rejecting a bid to further the sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The decision, issued Monday, is a setback for a class-action…

Area foreclosure actions dip in May

The number of Fort Smith regional properties in a foreclosure action fell 6.32% in May courtesy of more than 32% decline in Crawford County foreclosure actions. In Arkansas, properties in…

‘Fun in the Fort’ map provides economics lesson

In just a few short weeks, a group of enterprising individuals in Fort Smith conducted a poll of elementary students in Fort Smith, created a map production company with several…

Farm family pride

Over in Johnson County, Linda and Harry Tilley and their wide swath of cows and turkeys and round bales of hay and other implements and accoutrements of agricultural life and…