by - March 22, 2012 7:20 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack on Thursday issued a report on the progress he believes has been made on “top strategic priorities” and “tactical issues” established during an April…
by - March 22, 2012 5:55 pm
What do you after your best month of electronic gambling revenue? Bet the house that you’d beat it. Arkansas’ two legal casinos posted their best months in history for electronic…
by - March 22, 2012 5:13 pm
BENTONVILLE — The issue of whether to allow retail alcohol sales in Benton County represents a line drawn in the sand for some Benton County residents. Angela Baer of Siloam…
by - March 22, 2012 2:52 pm
Low mortgage rates and an abundance of homes for sale are just two reasons that three of Arkansas’ four largest home sales markets have sales gains in the first two…
by - March 22, 2012 12:45 pm
Homebuilders across Northwest Arkansas welcome the early spring weather and the busiest February they can remember in several years. New residential construction permit values in Fayetteville, Springdale, Siloam Springs, Rogers…
by - March 22, 2012 9:44 am
Art Farine, a 32-year city employee and director for Siloam Springs, said a fiber-to-the-premises network will help the city stay current. Fiber can carry so much bandwidth that systems aren’t…
by - March 21, 2012 7:47 pm
Travel and tourism spending in the U.S. during 2011 grew at 3.5%, the highest rate of growth for the industry in the past five years. Total tourism-related employment was up…
by - March 21, 2012 6:55 pm
The long-awaited U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin will soon be a reality, with up to $5 million in proceeds from the coin authorized to support a segment of work at the…
by - March 21, 2012 4:44 pm
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas has joined a legal effort to challenge the controversial federal healthcare reform act, but the move is more about seeking an…
by - March 21, 2012 7:25 am
The Sebastian County Fire Association (SCFA) came to the quorum court meeting Tuesday night (March 20) seeking help for its pager system. President Gary Lawrence told court members that “we’ve…
by - March 20, 2012 8:38 pm
Fort Smith city directors voted Tuesday night (Mar. 20) to authorize the offering of sales tax bonds that were approved by voters in last Tuesday’s (Mar. 13) special election. The…
by - March 20, 2012 5:10 pm
Cox Communications and CenturyLink are just two companies who question the numbers used by Siloam Springs officials to encourage voters to approve the construction of a city-owned cable and Internet…
by - March 20, 2012 4:38 pm
There is an interesting footnote to today’s (Mar. 20) jobs announcement from Russellville, which is bringing 25 jobs to a company that services Arkansas Nuclear One. The press release from…
by - March 20, 2012 2:55 pm
When a hospital needs a nurse to step in immediately but briefly, Sorrel Teuscher answers the call. She is among more than 40 traveling nurses working in Arkansas medical facilities….
by - March 20, 2012 7:09 am
The Van Buren City Council moved closer to funding a one-cent tax hike for a wide range of city improvements Monday night (March 19) at the regularly scheduled meeting. By…
by - March 19, 2012 7:15 pm
Kirk Rhoads firmly believes Arkansans must fix weak laws against child sex trafficking. So, the Mountain Home activist began an online petition that garnered about 100 signatures in about a…
by - March 19, 2012 5:38 pm
FORT SMITH — James Pickens Jr., the actor who portrays Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC-TV drama series Grey’s Anatomy, is scheduled to participate in a weekend celebrating the long-awaited unveiling…
by - March 19, 2012 3:11 pm
Siloam Springs may add cable and Internet to the services offered through its city-owned electric utility, but it won’t come without opposition. Some citizens and former city officials question the…
by - March 19, 2012 3:02 pm
Fort Smith businessman John Cooley announced Monday (Mar. 19) he will challenge Fort Smith City Director George Catsavis for the Ward 4 job. Cooley is a Fort Smith native who…
by - March 16, 2012 9:28 pm
The Riverview Hope Campus is not yet a reality, but it’s already done a first for the Fort Smith region. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has granted…
