by - March 17, 2011 1:55 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A deal between the House, Senate and Gov. Mike Beebe administration…
by - March 17, 2011 8:44 am
Rep. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, and Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, are pushing legislation that would give voters in cities and counties the ability to tax themselves to recruit at…
by - March 16, 2011 3:38 pm
The Compass Report is being expanded with the addition of a monthly report — presented electronically as a two-page PDF — on nine key sets of local, state and federal…
by - March 16, 2011 10:49 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The panel charged with redrawing Arkansas’ 135 House and Senate districts…
by - March 16, 2011 10:27 am
Tim Mulvihill is eager to move forward with the cleaning and restoration of the historic Cavanaugh Mound in south Fort Smith. Mulvihill, an archeologist with the University of Arkansas system,…
by - March 16, 2011 8:40 am
The death watch continues for a national trucking company that is a primary competitor with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System. Overland Park, Kan.-based YRC noted in its 10K annual report…
by - March 16, 2011 7:26 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck announced a number of cost saving initiatives at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court. Among them was…
by - March 15, 2011 9:21 pm
Unless amended or repealed, Fort Smith will have a new set of animal control laws as of Jan. 1, 2012, that will include the mandatory registration of pets, spay and…
by - March 15, 2011 5:23 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the ballot title of a citizen’s initiative that could raise the severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas to 7%. The measure, notes this…
by - March 15, 2011 2:34 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe’s effort to overhaul the state’s prison system is…
by - March 15, 2011 12:33 pm
With about 10 days to collect signatures forcing an election on enactment of a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith, Eddie York says a group of restaurant owners may…
by - March 15, 2011 12:09 pm
The operator of the nuclear power plant in Russellville (Arkansas) says its plants are safe, but the utility company may run into trouble relicensing nuclear power plants in the Northeast…
by - March 15, 2011 9:50 am
Hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith and Van Buren were up during January despite the snow and cold. January hospitality tax collections in Van Buren totaled $28,016, up 1.1% compared…
by - March 14, 2011 5:35 pm
The trend of enplanement gains at the Fort Smith Regional Airport that began in June 2010 continued into February with a 1.8% increase in the number of travelers. For the…
by - March 14, 2011 4:35 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With voter unrest and fear regarding federal health care reform, Gov….
by - March 14, 2011 11:36 am
Foreclosure actions in the Fort Smith area fell more than 39% in February, but the head of the company tracking the national figures says paperwork problems may have more to…
by - March 14, 2011 8:49 am
Editor’s note: Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. The fury of activity filled the halls of…
by - March 12, 2011 4:39 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour. Roll up, roll…
by - March 11, 2011 3:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Speaker of the House Robert Moore (D-Arkansas City) succeeded with room…
by - March 11, 2011 3:52 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] These are busy days for the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart Stores…
