by - April 25, 2011 2:44 pm
Editor’s note: Story is updated with several additions throughout. There will be no election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith unless court action reverses Monday’s ruling by…
by - April 25, 2011 12:27 pm
A new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted April 21, 2011, reveals the views of Arkansans on many things, including the job performance of the Arkansas Legislature, implementation of health care…
by - April 25, 2011 8:47 am
High fuel prices, bad weather and price pressures countered gains in the trucking sector to push Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. to a first-quarter 2011 net loss of $12.8 million…
by - April 22, 2011 3:01 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The newly drawn Congressional maps in Arkansas give The Arkansas Election…
by - April 22, 2011 2:43 pm
It may be learned Monday (April 25) if officials with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith request tuition and fee increases to offset a decline in state funding. According…
by - April 22, 2011 10:07 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Of the seven Arkansas House members who failed to pass a…
by - April 21, 2011 7:32 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Executive Director Ivy Owen had good news to report to the members of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) at the monthly meeting Thursday afternoon….
by - April 21, 2011 4:07 pm
Frank Glidewell, an organizer with the petition effort to force a 1% prepared food tax to a public vote, may not have helped his cause with his testimony Wednesday (April…
by - April 21, 2011 2:16 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, taking a “cautious stance,” forecast revenue for fiscal year 2012 to reach $5.739 billion, up an estimated $157.5 million from fiscal…
by - April 21, 2011 12:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Senate President Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, had the highest success rate…
by - April 21, 2011 8:46 am
The Van Buren Public School system will receive more than $7.8 million for facilities improvements as part of $188.7 million in Arkansas school improvements approved Wednesday by the Arkansas Public…
by - April 21, 2011 8:36 am
Generating income from revenue continues to be a struggle for Van Buren-based USA Truck, which posted a first quarter 2011 net income loss of $2.7 million compared to a net…
by - April 20, 2011 7:24 pm
Bremner Food Group announced Wednesday (April 20) plans to cut approximately 135 positions at its Poteau cracker plant, adding negative labor pressure in a metro area that reported a 9.1%…
by - April 20, 2011 3:36 pm
Frankie Hamilton has been trying since 2009 to retire as the director of the Fort Smith Convention Center. Those “trying” days will end July 1. Hamilton, 68, will end more…
by - April 20, 2011 10:06 am
After several years of generating money and awareness, organizers of an effort to place a large statue of legendary U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves are just a few steps away from…
by - April 20, 2011 8:41 am
Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President Paul Harvel resigned last month as a member of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission to focus more on chamber work and job recruitment….
by - April 20, 2011 7:02 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Applause from attendees of Tuesday night’s Sebastian County Quorum Court meeting was centered on Justice Lisa Sellers’ comments regarding the decision making process of the…
by - April 19, 2011 9:33 pm
Jeff Dingman, who served as the assistant Sebastian County administrator between 1993-2000, will soon return to the area as Fort Smith’s deputy city administrator. Dingman, now serving as the city…
by - April 19, 2011 4:36 pm
Fort Smith-based Griffin Properties plans to invest at least $2 million to build an “upscale convenience store/market/café,” and an adjacent liquor store in downtown Fort Smith at the northwest corner…
by - April 19, 2011 12:23 pm
For the purposes of gathering as much public input as possible, Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard plans to place few restrictions on Wednesday’s (April 20) hearing on the “sufficiency…
