by - July 21, 2009 10:40 am
The Van Buren City Council on Monday night (July 20) unanimously approved an agreement creating the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority. The authority requires approval from the governing bodies in Fort…
by - July 21, 2009 10:18 am
Fort Smith City Director Steve Tyler opposes providing hire/fire authority to the city administrator because he believes the citizens of Fort Smith still possess a raw mistrust of city government….
by - July 21, 2009 7:19 am
It’s been a busy summer on the Ozark campus of Arkansas Tech University, with enrollment in the second summer semester up 61% over the same semester in 2008. The office…
by - July 20, 2009 8:24 pm
Editor’s note: With the days, weeks and months seemingly passing faster than ever, it can be difficult to remember what happened yesterday much less the past six months. To that…
by - July 20, 2009 1:08 pm
Arkansas’ new lottery effort is off to a bad start, according to poll results from the Talk Business Quarterly Poll. The new poll was conducted through a partnership with Roby…
by - July 20, 2009 11:54 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have set Aug. 17 and Aug. 25 as dates to review what might be a problematic 2010 budget cycle. Each meeting will begin at…
by - July 20, 2009 11:37 am
Richard Hodo will ask the Van Buren City Council at its Monday (July 20) meeting to consider converting the street through downtown Van Buren into a one-way street. Hodo, owner…
by - July 20, 2009 10:53 am
The running score is 2-2 with respect to opinion from members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors about the request by Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly to have…
by - July 17, 2009 5:22 pm
Atlanta-based Oldcastle Materials on Friday confirmed that personnel at its northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma companies are being “realigned” in a move that will cut up to 30 jobs in…
by - July 17, 2009 4:57 pm
It will be nothing like what is telecast live from New York on Saturday night, but the regular meetings of the Fort Smith Board of Directors will be telecast live…
by - July 17, 2009 12:14 pm
A change in schedule with the Van Buren City Council is proof that positive momentum is building in favor of creating the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority. The Van Buren City…
by - July 17, 2009 10:53 am
Arkansas’s preliminary unemployment rate in June was 7.2%, up considerably compared to the June 2008 rate of 5%, and up over the 7% rate in May. The last time Arkansas’…
by - July 16, 2009 5:38 pm
The boards of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority both approved Thursday (July 16) resolutions supporting the creation of the Western Arkansas Intermodal…
by - July 16, 2009 10:33 am
Dismal home sales during June in Crawford and Sebastian counties have diminished some of the hope that the worst of the housing market was in the past. And while the…
by - July 16, 2009 9:23 am
At the end of the first six months in 2008, Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. had produced a paltry net income of $189,000. Turns out, those were the good old…
by - July 16, 2009 8:06 am
People in Arkansas are beginning to express concerns about the high salaries to be paid to top officials with the Arkansas lottery program. Gov. Mike Beebe is one of those…
by - July 15, 2009 3:01 pm
Stacey Jones is saying the 29th Annual Season of Entertainment is all over the map — literally and figuratively. “It’s the most diverse season we’ve ever done,” said Jones, the…
by - July 15, 2009 2:00 pm
Arkansas is slowly but surely gaining attention in the film production industry, according to a story from Roby Brock at TalkBusiness.net. State film commissioner Christopher Crane said Tuesday that Arkansas…
by - July 14, 2009 9:55 pm
Not even the well-diversified national transportation company J.B. Hunt Transport Services has been able to escape the downward pressures of the national economy. The Lowell-based company reported Tuesday (July 14)…
by - July 14, 2009 2:13 pm
One down, three to go. The effort to create a Fort Smith/Van Buren regional intermodal authority is a step closer with agreement approval granted Monday night from the Crawford County…
