by - March 20, 2013 7:55 pm
Susan Gidney, the former employee of NorthWest Arkansas Community College who alerted the media to wage violations at the college, has filed suit against the college related to her July…
by - March 20, 2013 7:27 pm
Ken Kupchick was struggling in mid-2011 to come up with a clever but pointed press release that would put into perspective the growing number of people in the Fort Smith…
by - March 20, 2013 5:13 pm
AccuWeather.com reports another major storm will cross the nation from coast to coast with heavy snow, flooding rain and severe thunderstorms. The worst conditions with the storm may center over…
by - March 19, 2013 11:08 am
Martha L. Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will speak at NorthWest Arkansas Community College and The Jones Center on Tuesday, March 26. Campbell’s…
by - March 12, 2013 11:04 am
John English has been named the ninth dean of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. English, now serving as the dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State…
by - March 11, 2013 6:34 pm
Female students at Kimmons Junior High School in Fort Smith have experienced a change of pace in physical education classes during the last eight weeks thanks to Girls Inc. of…
by - March 11, 2013 5:28 pm
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has named alumna Dani Stark of Ozark the coordinator of student recruitment. Stark, who graduated from ATU-Ozark in 2012 and is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree…
by - March 7, 2013 5:08 pm
April 3 is the official day for the grand reopening of Boreham Library at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The 1 p.m. ceremony on the steps of the…
by - March 6, 2013 10:29 am
The past year has been one of recovery for Sequoyah County's economy, though it has not been easy. According to numbers provided by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics…
by - March 5, 2013 9:15 pm
Former Arkansas Sen. Bill Walters of Greenwood, who served in the Senate for 18 years, has died from complications related to his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 69. Sen….
by - March 2, 2013 4:14 pm
Corporal Terry Johnson with the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Department has died as a result of injuries sustained in a one-car accident early Saturday morning. He was 48. The department received…
by - February 27, 2013 3:08 pm
LeFlore County residents will soon have a new health department headquarters featuring cost-saving water-heating technology that has not been introduced to any building in the county until now. According to…
by - February 26, 2013 10:34 am
The Ozark Natural Science Center in Huntsville will suspend its residential environmental education program and its summer camp program in May because of financial concerns. Interim executive director Jenny Harmon…
by - February 25, 2013 1:18 pm
When the sales tax increase requested by Ozark Regional Transit failed in May 2012, many who voted “no” said it was because they didn’t think that the organization was operating…
by - February 25, 2013 12:44 pm
If you ask Crawford County Sheriff Ron Brown what the county's biggest need is right now, he will say a new jail. The county jail is at capacity and some…
by - February 20, 2013 10:02 pm
Margaret Christensen, education coordinator for the Schmieding Center, says she runs the Bella Vista Health Resource Center with the help of roughly 30 volunteers – and the average age is…
by - February 18, 2013 5:15 pm
To help kick off National FFA Week, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus hosted a Future Farmers of American (FFA) regional event Friday, Feb. 15, featuring 80 high school students from 12…
by - February 15, 2013 11:36 am
Single, white, middle-aged men account for the majority of homeless people in Northwest Arkansas, according to a recent census, but women with children are the fastest growing segment of the…
by - February 14, 2013 8:33 pm
Amy Sherrill has been named the executive director of the Next Step Day Room, according to a statement released by the organization. Sherrill had served as the interim executive director…
by - February 14, 2013 4:24 pm
Girls who spend their afternoons at Girls Inc. may have noticed changes at the facility on Old Greenwood Road during the last several weeks. According to Amanda Daniels, executive director…
