by - August 23, 2010 7:11 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] A statue of Bass Reeves will someday stand in Fort Smith’s Pendergraft Park, but it was Van Buren where the deputy U.S. Marshal’s family’s life…
by - August 21, 2010 10:02 pm
Arkansas GOP Executive Director Chase Duggar told a Sebastian County crowd Saturday night (Aug 21) that every Republican in a contested Arkansas legislative race is polling ahead of the Democratic…
by - August 20, 2010 4:58 pm
There are only four days left in the filing period for Crawford County municipal elections and still 27 positions remain without a candidate. No one has filed in mayoral races…
by - August 20, 2010 1:01 pm
story info submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith rolled out a five-year strategic plan in a special…
by - August 20, 2010 11:10 am
story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) Every season since Steve Spurrier’s arrival in Columbia, Gamecock fans have clamored for championships…
by - August 20, 2010 11:01 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell to 7.4% in July, with the state’s jobless rate now above 7% for 17 consecutive months. But that’s not even close to the longest stretch of…
by - August 19, 2010 9:35 pm
Two of the most unique and beautiful spots in Western Arkansas are captured in the most recent work for noted Fort Smith artist John Bell. Bell, 73, known nationwide for…
by - August 19, 2010 8:52 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Shale mining and property sales aren’t up to par at Chaffee Crossing. In fact, board member and financial committee chairman Bob Bradford said the two…
by - August 19, 2010 8:10 pm
The more than 65 attending a healthcare reform discussion Thursday (Aug. 18) afternoon at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce heard the following phrases many times: “It depends.” “The…
by - August 19, 2010 6:19 pm
Coming off its best year ever, recession-proof America’s Car-Mart Inc. easily beat Wall Street profit expectations on Thursday. For the period ended July 31, the Bentonville-based car dealer reported net…
by - August 19, 2010 2:52 pm
Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District is leaning toward Republican candidate Tim Griffin according to a new Talk Business Poll conducted by Talk Business Research and Hendrix College. The poll shows shows…
by - August 19, 2010 1:32 pm
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….
by - August 19, 2010 1:14 pm
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Beginning Sept. 1, the tiny Crawford County town of Rudy, population 77, will have its own police department. Mayor Bill Rogers said it’s…
by - August 18, 2010 4:52 pm
story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has worn 13 hats in his…
by - August 18, 2010 4:40 pm
This is one promise a corporation could have been forgiven for breaking. In December 2009, officials with Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool Corp. said the more than 400 jobs created with…
by - August 18, 2010 1:06 pm
The University of Arkansas System will receive a $102 million grant to expand broadband access in the state, the White House and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today. The…
by - August 18, 2010 12:45 pm
An expanded electric motor production plant in Searcy is expected to result in 55 new jobs for the northeast Arkansas city. South Korea-based SN Tech Inc. and Dover, N.H.-based ElectroCraft…
by - August 18, 2010 12:06 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At Wednesday’s (Aug. 18) meeting of the Arkansas Economic Issues Breakfast Series, representatives from colleges across the state met via video conference to discuss the…
by - August 18, 2010 11:27 am
In a little less than three weeks Polk County Sheriff Mike Oglesby will travel with his wife to Washington D.C. to be sworn in as the U.S. Marshal for the…
by - August 17, 2010 1:30 pm
Nurses, doctors and other key staff at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center are prepping to go live on Sept. 26 with a comprehensive new electronic health record system. The EPIC…
