by - October 30, 2009 7:12 am
Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith volleyball team isn’t eligible to compete…
by - October 29, 2009 4:36 pm
The earnings report issued Thursday by Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. provides little evidence of a recovering national economy. Baldor reported after the markets closed that its third-quarter net income…
by - October 29, 2009 3:32 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors could have a plan in front of it by early December that would outline the merger of operations and management of the Fort Smith…
by - October 28, 2009 5:29 pm
Consumers continue to spend less in Fort Smith and Sebastian County, based on sales tax figures released Wednesday (Oct. 28) by the city of Fort Smith. Collections on each of…
by - October 28, 2009 4:20 pm
A proposed three-year plan to restart a student media program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith was unveiled Wednesday (Oct. 28) to representatives of Fort Smith area media…
by - October 28, 2009 2:27 pm
Arkansas voters remain happy with their existing health care insurance plan and remain wary of an increased government role in health care reform. The latest poll segment from the TBQ…
by - October 28, 2009 1:46 pm
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from CrawfoRoad, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher.•…
by - October 28, 2009 10:34 am
The Fort Smith metro unemployment rate in September was 7%, marking the third consecutive month the Fort Smith metro unemployment rate has fallen from its June 2009 high of 7.8%….
by - October 27, 2009 9:50 pm
Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle and Fort Smith businessman Bennie Westphal stole the show Tuesday night. And Westphal didn’t even get to speak. The Fort Smith Board of Directors met…
by - October 27, 2009 2:03 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors are on track to approve the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation taking over sanitation services now provided by Altes Sanitation. At issue is about…
by - October 27, 2009 1:46 pm
To mark the fifth year of the opening of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, TalkBusiness.net included a question about the legacy of former President Bill Clinton…
by - October 27, 2009 6:56 am
The Fort Smith regional economy continues to struggle, but did see slight improvement in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, according to The Compass Report. Funded and managed…
by - October 26, 2009 8:17 pm
Joseph Self, chief deputy prosecutor for Sebastian County, announced Monday (Oct. 26) that he will be a candidate for Sebastian County Circuit Judge in 2010. Self, 51, will seek the…
by - October 26, 2009 7:58 pm
The public hearing began at 6 p.m., the nice lady with the U.S. Corps of Engineers finished explaining the process by 6:03 p.m., and by 6:04 p.m. the hearing dissolved…
by - October 26, 2009 3:19 pm
Arkansas will get $2.1 million in federal stimulus dollars to map broadband access and to help expand broadband coverage in Arkansas. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration…
by - October 26, 2009 11:08 am
A new poll shows that most Arkansans aren’t likely to buy lottery tickets. Among 600 likely voters, 50% say they are “very unlikely” to buy a lottery ticket within the…
by - October 26, 2009 7:05 am
story by Michael Tilley Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker recently received a “verbal warning” and copies of Arkansas campaign laws, according to Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly. On Sept….
by - October 23, 2009 4:12 pm
The choppy recovery theory for the U.S. trucking industry gained more credence with Friday’s (Oct. 23) report from the American Trucking Associations’ that showed a 0.3% dip in the September…
by - October 23, 2009 3:19 pm
Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. These days, it’s not too hard to notice a difference in Fabiane Nass….
by - October 23, 2009 1:50 pm
The purpose of the Pine Mountain Dam Reevaluation Study is not intended to focus on the economic feasibility of Pine Mountain Dam, according to Mark Yardley, project manager for the…
