by - February 19, 2010 10:37 am
story information submitted by officials with the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark campus Approximately 42 people met Feb. 12 in the Conference Center at Arkansas Tech University’s Ozark Campus to collaborate with…
by - February 18, 2010 7:09 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority voted Thursday (Feb. 18) to set aside another 28 acres for Greenwood Public Schools. The FCRA recently donated 22 acres…
by - February 18, 2010 6:33 pm
The nasty and public feud between former Fort Smith police officer Jeff Barrows and Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and the city of Fort Smith may be at a…
by - February 18, 2010 11:36 am
Gunner DeLay says he will issue a press advisory Monday (Feb. 22) about the possibility of his entry into the GOP primary race for the 3rd Congressional District. DeLay, a…
by - February 18, 2010 10:44 am
So far, so good. Maybe. January enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaled 5,496, up 0.8% over January 2009. However, comparisons with 2009 should come with a caveat that…
by - February 18, 2010 9:41 am
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 - February 18, 2010 7:46 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported Thursday morning (Feb. 18) that its fiscal year 2009 net income was up 6.9% over the 2008 period, but the company said fiscal first quarter 2010…
by - February 17, 2010 6:03 pm
Folks at the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department are a little puzzled as to what to do with $5 million they received from the feds for a section of Interstate…
by - February 17, 2010 2:34 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Rep. Rick Green, R-Van Buren, is still considering a run for the 3rd Congressional District. Green has thought about politics for many years. When he…
by - February 17, 2010 6:30 am
A corporate boss over Summit Medical hospital in Van Buren and Sparks Health System in Fort Smith says national health care reform is likely to come in incremental changes rather…
by - February 16, 2010 4:38 pm
story by Michael Tilley; photos by Joel Rafkin Although not part of the script, the need for communities to work as regional partners was stressed during the first annual The…
by - February 16, 2010 2:23 pm
A positive view of Fort Smith regional economic conditions is that 2009 is history and 2010 is expected to deliver a better regional economy. According to The Compass Report, economic…
by - February 15, 2010 3:18 pm
Fort Smith attorney Gunner DeLay may soon enter the GOP primary for the 3rd Congressional District. “We’re giving very serious consideration to it,” DeLay told The City Wire, adding that…
by - February 15, 2010 10:30 am
The first annual The Compass Conference will include comments from Arkansas’ economic development chief and the regional boss of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical in Van…
by - February 15, 2010 9:29 am
story and photos by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Reading, writing and retail? Yes, retail. Alma marketing students are learning all three, while working in the school’s award-winning store, Aire-looms. The irony…
by - February 12, 2010 4:45 pm
November retail sales in Fort Smith and Sebastian County improved compared to October, but were down as much as 13% compared to November 2008. And that continued decline has Fort…
by - February 12, 2010 11:16 am
Members of the Arkansas General Assembly made progress this week on two key items — approving an almost $4.5 billion budget and clarifying lottery scholarships — in the ongoing fiscal…
by - February 12, 2010 8:20 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Wednesday’s meeting (Feb. 10) meeting of the Van Buren Advertising and Promotion Commission looked back at last year’s dismal tax collections and forward to a…
by - February 11, 2010 6:06 pm
Spring enrollment at the Ozark campus of Arkansas Tech University reached 1,213, an impressive increase of 53.3% compared to spring 2009. What’s more, the spring 2008 enrollment of 791 was…
by - February 11, 2010 5:46 pm
It takes a team of lawyers and at least two legal opinions “for a guy to quit his job,” City Director Bill Maddox said Thursday with a laugh. Bill Maddox,…
