by - May 22, 2014 9:50 pm
Somewhere, somebody at some place is a loaded box closer, a step closer, a state line closer to being the next resident of Northwest Arkansas. That person may be a…
by - May 22, 2014 3:44 pm
Arkansas motorists will enter the traditional summer driving season this Memorial Day weekend with pump prices trending downward, but not without the typical bumps and fluctuations that often happen between…
by - May 22, 2014 3:33 pm
John Pope has a passion for trash … well, for cleaning it up at least. The long-time executive director of Keep Van Buren Beautiful (KVBB) has led the way for…
by - May 22, 2014 1:05 pm
Lawrence Beaty, son of Doris and Hilton Beaty, long-time Fort Smith area teachers, has received Idaho State University’s Distinguished Service Award for 2014. Beaty, a graduate of Southside High School,…
by - May 21, 2014 3:36 pm
The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark campus will soon be home to a new 20,273-square-foot building designed to support the growing number of students enrolled in health care training programs. The allied…
by - May 21, 2014 1:21 pm
A graduation ceremony was held recently for the 18 graduates of the 2014 class of Leadership Franklin County (LFC). The ceremony took place at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus, where LFC…
by - May 20, 2014 3:05 pm
John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., pledged $2 million to the Jones Center Endowment on Tuesday (May 20), bringing the non-profit’s management within $3.5 million of its $30 million…
by - May 20, 2014 6:04 am
The Van Buren City Council approved additional funding for an economic development study Monday night (May 19), in addition to approving amendments to the city's zoning for indoor gun ranges….
by - May 16, 2014 7:20 pm
The 188th Fighter Wing flew its last training mission with its A-10 aircraft Friday (May 16) before the planes leave Fort Smith for the final time as the fighter wing…
by - May 15, 2014 6:01 pm
A proposal that would give the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education an option to purchase land presently committed to Fort Smith Public Schools ran into a blip Thursday (May 15)…
by - May 15, 2014 3:44 pm
To paraphrase former President Gerald Ford, "Our long nightmare is (almost) over." According to District 4 Engineer Chad Adams of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, the more than $70…
by - May 14, 2014 6:52 am
The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum will participate this summer in Blue Star Museums and offer half price RAM Family memberships to all active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial…
by - May 13, 2014 6:13 pm
A crisis is afoot in the four counties that reside along the Oklahoma border in Northwest Arkansas and the problem will only get worst, according to information from the River…
by - May 10, 2014 5:36 pm
At least one member of the Arkansas House of Representatives has confirmed that he is pursuing impeachment against Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza following his ruling Friday (May 9)…
by - May 7, 2014 6:18 am
Selling downtown Bentonville as a residential hot spot is a no-brainer given the cuisine and arts that draw thousands to the town square each week. The demand for living downtown…
by - May 6, 2014 7:23 pm
An organization that raised $10,000 at a fundraiser in February is not recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service or as a charitable organization by the…
by - May 6, 2014 5:15 pm
It was just earlier this year that the Fort Smith Board of Directors and the city were wrangling over risks and costs with the two men heading up the River…
by - May 6, 2014 2:24 pm
Many residents in Northwest Arkansas have no idea where their water is sourced, but for the past half century Beaver Lake, which was completed in the mid 1960s, has been…
by - May 2, 2014 1:15 pm
A union vote at an OK Foods processing facility in Heavener, Okla., failed by a narrow margin Thursday (May 1), with workers voting 26-29 on a question of whether to…
by - May 1, 2014 6:27 pm
Sales tax collections for the city of Fort Smith were down in city and county sales taxes for the first quarter of the year. Each of the city's 1% sales…
