by - January 11, 2012 3:25 pm
The Van Buren Public School District was named one of 15 Arkansas school districts to receive funding as the first schools in Gov. Mike Beebe’s “STEM Works” initiative. Beebe and…
by - January 11, 2012 12:37 pm
Shares of Health Management Associates, the parent company of Sparks Health System, began to recover Wednesday (Jan. 11) following several rounds of negative legal and financial reports. Naples, Fla.-based HMA,…
by - January 11, 2012 10:09 am
Arvest is in the midst of consolidating its commercial and consumer loan operations to Lowell. The bank’s mortgage division is already based there. Jason Kincy, Arvest spokesman, said loan commercial operations…
by - January 11, 2012 9:42 am
October was a busy retail month in Fort Smith and Sebastian County, with city tax sales tax collections up more than 10% and countywide collections up more than 5% compared…
by - January 10, 2012 12:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, facilities and labs across the country in the coming months, with 16 of the planned closings in Arkansas. The Farm…
by - January 10, 2012 9:16 am
Wall Street analysts trimmed expected earnings for Tyson Foods in fiscal 2012, citing hefty beef losses and a slow-to-improve chicken segment. While a few firms are scaling back profit expectations…
by - January 10, 2012 9:00 am
Arkansas lawmakers will convene in February for a legislative session that will focus only on budget matters. On Monday, pre-filing officially began for the fiscal session that begins Feb. 13….
by - January 10, 2012 8:53 am
The first official GOP Congressional debate in the Fourth District was short on fireworks, but long on reasons to return the seat to Republican hands. Tom Cotton, Beth Anne Rankin…
by - January 9, 2012 5:22 pm
This might be the final full year for U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, in the U.S. House, but he appears eager to continue a fight against U.S. Postal Service plans…
by - January 9, 2012 3:20 pm
Sebastian County Judge David Hudson announced Monday (Jan. 9) he will seek another term as the county’s top executive officer. Hudson, a Republican who has held the post since 1999,…
by - January 9, 2012 3:17 pm
Improvements in area jobless numbers have lowered the Baloney Sandwich Index, but the recently created economic gauge is at an historical high for December. The BSI was launched in early…
by - January 9, 2012 1:20 pm
Announced plant closings, deaths, election drama, new political lines and a muddled economy were the top stories for the Fort Smith region during 2011, based on a review of the…
by - January 6, 2012 1:41 pm
Sebastian County Assessor Becky Yandell announced Friday (Jan. 6) she will seek re-election. Yandell, a Realtor for more than 20 years, touted her technological improvements to the office in her…
by - January 6, 2012 12:12 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, vowed to uphold the Constitution of the United States against enemies foreign and domestic when he took an oath in 2011 as a freshman member…
by - January 6, 2012 10:49 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport during 2011 eked out a 0.12% gain over 2010, marking two consecutive years of enplanement growth at the airport. The airport ended the…
by - January 5, 2012 3:13 pm
It truly has been a bowl season like none other in late 2011 carrying over into the first days of 2012. The first three offerings of the Bowl Championship Series…
by - January 5, 2012 2:55 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a 2009 lawsuit filed in Alabama that alleges Plano, Texas-based Golden Living used fraudulent Medicare practices “for maximum profit.” Dawn Richardson and Marsha…
by - January 5, 2012 12:13 pm
The earliest could be mid-February when the National Labor Relations Board rules on a labor contract violation charge against Whirlpool, according to Ronald Hooks, regional director the NLRB. The United…
by - January 4, 2012 7:53 pm
Members of the Joint Agriculture, Economic Development and Forestry Committee quizzed state finance officials and Arkansas Forestry Commission chief John Shannon about the agency’s budget shortfall and potential funding solutions….
by - January 4, 2012 2:12 pm
A strong month of income tax collections and improving sales taxes led the state of Arkansas to a solid position at the six-month mark of the fiscal year. Officials from…
