by - December 22, 2011 9:06 am
Private and public sector reports show signs of small gains in the national economy, with a trucking industry economist saying the economy will not slide back into recession. The American…
by - December 21, 2011 6:30 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins (R) has been named to a top 100 list along with Rev. Jesse Jackson, former GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain and former Penn State…
by - December 21, 2011 2:15 pm
The action by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to block legislation authorizing the minting of a U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin is more of a bump in the process than a…
by - December 21, 2011 2:04 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) released $40,000 from his emergency fund to stop the proposed January furlough of 120 trial court assistants across Arkansas — a furlough resulting in part from…
by - December 21, 2011 8:40 am
Arkansas newspaper veteran Cyd King has joined The City Wire and will lead the web publication’s arts and entertainment coverage in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas metro areas. The…
by - December 21, 2011 6:53 am
The Tuesday (Dec. 20) meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court had officially adjourned when citizen James Mitchell stood up to speak his peace to court members and Sebastian County…
by - December 21, 2011 6:42 am
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved a four-month extension to the Runway Cafe through next April at Tuesday night’s (Dec. 20) meeting. The operators of the Runway Cafe had…
by - December 20, 2011 9:09 pm
To discuss or not to discuss? That was the question Tuesday night (Dec. 20) as Fort Smith city directors wrestled over when to talk about the latest developments in the…
by - December 20, 2011 6:33 pm
Southwestern Energy, the largest leaseholder in the Fayetteville Shale play, says it will invest $1.25 billion in the region next year, a decline from the previous year’s investment of $1.32…
by - December 20, 2011 10:23 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 8% during November, with the number of unemployed falling by an estimated 3,219, according to figures released Tuesday (Dec. 20) by the U.S. Bureau of…
by - December 19, 2011 2:23 pm
Fort Smith officials plan to take advantage of a state-managed and federally-funded rebate program designed to help cover the costs of converting vehicles to use compressed natural gas. The Arkansas…
by - December 19, 2011 9:54 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors must now decide a course of action after Van Buren officials rejected a request to pay the city of Fort Smith a contested water…
by - December 19, 2011 9:20 am
Barring a comparative decline in the final two months of 2011, Fort Smith and Van Buren are on track for an annual gain in hospitality tax collections. In Fort Smith,…
by - December 16, 2011 12:46 pm
In its monthly oversight meeting, Arkansas lawmakers obsessed on several hot button topics, including health care, forestry cuts, and post office closures. Legislators grilled state Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford on…
by - December 16, 2011 9:00 am
The number of Arkansas properties in some phase of foreclosure during November fell more than 90%, with a September legal ruling possibly the source of the significant reduction. Foreclosure actions…
by - December 15, 2011 7:15 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) approved a 1-year budget at Thursday’s (Dec. 15) monthly meeting for the Deer Trails Golf Course. According to the Golf Course Committee Report, the…
by - December 15, 2011 5:19 pm
After several years of trying, a U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation now heads to the U.S. Senate. Proceeds from sale…
by - December 15, 2011 4:50 pm
The Arkansas Energy Office (AEO) is extending the deadline for a rebate program that has had requests to convert 140 vehicles to use compressed natural gas. The rebate program, first…
by - December 15, 2011 2:28 pm
The Fort Smith regional housing market may be somewhat tepid, but Arvest Bank has been able to capture as much of the mortgage business is possible. The Bentonville-based bank captured…
by - December 15, 2011 2:07 pm
Claiming an anti-tax group needs to “redesign” its proposed amendment language, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) rejected the first attempt of the proposal to qualify for the 2012 ballot. In…
