by - April 29, 2011 9:32 am
Complaints against Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins of alleged sexual harassment and retaliation are detailed in reports and grievance filings by some employees of the Circuit Clerk’s office. The…
by - April 29, 2011 9:14 am
Editor’s note: The following story is a collaborative effort among Roby Brock (Talk Business), Matt Campbell (Blue Hog Report), Michael Tilley (The City Wire), and Jason Tolbert (The Tolbert Report)….
by - April 28, 2011 7:05 pm
The U.S. Postal Service announced late Thursday (April 28) its decision to consolidate mail processing operations from Fort Smith to the Northwest Arkansas Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) in Fayetteville….
by - April 28, 2011 2:48 pm
by Connie Las Schneider May is a perfect month to explore the Mulberry River area in Franklin County. The water is cool and inviting, the scenery alive with growth and…
by - April 28, 2011 2:03 pm
Thursday’s (April 28) Arkansas Supreme Court ruling is likely the end of the legal road in Tom Fite’s challenge of a legal decision that tossed him off the ballot in…
by - April 28, 2011 9:23 am
A majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors support the decision of Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard to find insufficient the petitions calling for an election on enactment…
by - April 28, 2011 8:39 am
One of the bigger stories this week in the national trucking industry centered on the surprising poor first quarter earnings report released Monday (April 25) by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best…
by - April 27, 2011 6:03 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority members convened for the second time in April, this time for a vote on approximately $3 million in real estate offers…
by - April 27, 2011 4:38 pm
Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s first press conference offered changes in economic forecasts, but at least three economy watchers say not much new was learned about the economy. Bernanke, head of…
by - April 27, 2011 3:29 pm
The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro finally moved in the right direction, with the March jobless rate estimated at 8.4%, down from 9.1% in February and below the…
by - April 27, 2011 2:23 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Under a simple white stone like the others at Fort Smith National Cemetery lay Isaac Parker, the man known by virtually everyone in Fort Smith…
by - April 27, 2011 10:30 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansans may begin on Aug. 6 to take advantage of a…
by - April 27, 2011 10:17 am
Editor’s note: Following is an abridged version of this report originally posted April 21 by Ethan Nobles at First Arkansas News. Nobles also works for a Realtors association in central…
by - April 26, 2011 10:22 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] In spite of a 15-minute tornado warning delay, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission managed to move forward on two engineering contracts with Morrison Shipley…
by - April 26, 2011 4:52 pm
story submitted by Capt. Chris Heathscott, public affairs officer, Arkansas National Guard The Arkansas National Guard now has approximately 170 Soldiers and Airmen assisting in Faulkner, Garland and Carroll Counties…
by - April 26, 2011 2:41 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and some of his staff will soon travel to North Little Rock to review an animal control program that is similar to an ordinance…
by - April 26, 2011 10:33 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas’ second largest telecom is preparing to make affordable, high-speed Internet…
by - April 26, 2011 10:29 am
The around 200 jobs Dallas-based Golden Living will move to its administrative center in Fort Smith during the next two years will generate at least 58 more jobs in the…
by - April 25, 2011 4:25 pm
Health Management Associates posted first quarter 2011 net income of $149.057 million and total revenue of $1.433 billion, up 10.4% and 12.7%, respectively, over the 2010 period. Naples, Fla.-based HMA…
by - April 25, 2011 2:47 pm
Sales of new and existing homes in Crawford and Sebastian counties during the first quarter of 2011 total 317, down 13.85% from the 368 sales in the 2010 period, according…
