by - April 26, 2012 3:14 pm
Mountainburg moves on new library
MOUNTAINBURG — A sign marking the future home of the new Mountainburg Public Library on U.S. 71 is deceptively simple given the bold vision for the project. The ambitious plan to move…
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by - April 26, 2012 3:00 pm
NWA Sales tax revenue on the rise
The local economy across Northwest Arkansas continues to mend as proven by healthy sales tax collections reported by the Arkansas Department of Finance on Wednesday. Among the region’s five largest…
by - April 25, 2012 10:08 pm
NWACC board outlines search plans for new president
BENTONVILLE— Officials at NorthWest Arkansas Community College hope to select a new college president by as early as November. The college's board of trustees began their work to select a…
by - April 25, 2012 9:05 pm
Students encouraged to ‘make a difference’
The 2012 Arkansas Scholars Luncheon, presented by SYKES of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, honored a total of 219 high school students at the Glass…
by - April 25, 2012 4:40 pm
Fort Smith Airport restaurant contract approved
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved extension of the Runway Cafe contract Tuesday night (April 24) at its regularly scheduled meeting. The operators of the airport terminal restaurant were…
by - April 25, 2012 4:17 pm
Hong Kong delegation visits Rogers
No sales tax, no travel visa required, no export duties to move product into China and the lowest corporate income tax in the world – that’s just a few of…
by - April 25, 2012 4:12 pm
Fort Smith native to lead Wal-Mart’s compliance effort
Fort Smith native Tom Gean has been handed the Herculean job of global Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance officer for Wal-Mart Stores in the wake of serious allegations that senior…
by - April 25, 2012 2:31 pm
Concrete research earns UA student kudos, fellowship
A University of Arkansas senior cemented for himself some national recognition and a fellowship worth $7,000 last week for advanced research he did on concrete strength and how the addition…
by - April 25, 2012 2:27 pm
Financials improve for P.A.M. Transportation
Tontitown-based P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted positive numbers for the first quarter of 2012, a good start for a company that has seen income losses in the previous three years….
by - April 25, 2012 10:27 am
BSE case confirmed in California
The USDA confirmed this week that a dairy cow in California was discovered with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as mad cow disease. The age of the cow…
by - April 25, 2012 12:01 am
Wal-Mart works to repair beat-up corporate image
In one month thousands of Walmart shareholders, international delegates and top media representatives will descend on Northwest Arkansas for the retail giant’s annual shareholder meeting and week-long activities. The spotlight…
by - April 24, 2012 10:30 pm
Finances improve at the Fort Smith Convention Center
Following a 29.17% decline in revenue from 2010 to 2011, things are finally looking up for the Fort Smith Convention Center. Through the first quarter of 2012, the Convention Center,…
by - April 24, 2012 8:42 pm
Fort Smith Directors still struggle with trash
The City of Fort Smith Board of Directors continues to wrestle with whether to bring the remaining 3,394 households that are part of the Automated Refuse Collection Program (ARCP) expansion…
by - April 24, 2012 6:53 pm
Decatur State Bank sale pending
Time was ticking down for Decatur State Bank to raise approximately $12 million in needed capital or marry a suitor to shore up the bank’s wobbly balance sheets resulting from…
by - April 24, 2012 6:43 pm
Clarksville Mayor remembers life with Levon
Before Levon Helm became a music legend and film star, he lived so far out in the Phillips County, Ark., hinterlands that he and his cousin Billy Helms had to…
by - April 24, 2012 2:38 pm
Cardenas to run for Fort Smith Board post
Fort Smith’s Ward 3 City Director position is not without a candidate. Alex Cardenas, a small business owner and native of east Oklahoma, has announced he will seek what will…
by - April 24, 2012 2:16 pm
Truck tonnage slows from 2011 pace
Increases continued for tonnage hauled by the U.S. trucking industry during the first quarter of 2012, but it was slower than the pace seen during 2011. The American Trucking Associations’…
by - April 24, 2012 10:47 am
Tennille takes long path to Arkansas jobs chief
As a kid and young adult, Grant Tennille lived in a lot of different places, but for the better part of the last decade, he's called Arkansas home. Tennille, 43,…
by - April 24, 2012 7:11 am
New Fort Smith trash service again stirs debate
The debate over the City of Fort Smith’s Automated Refuse Collection Program (ARCP) isn’t over. Not by a long shot. Baridi Nkokheli, Director of the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation…
by - April 23, 2012 7:24 pm
UA names new head Hog football coach
Less than two weeks after Head Razorback Football Coach Bobby Petrino was fired for lying to a lot of people about a lot of things, the University of Arkansas has…