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Buneo wins national ADDY award

Erica Buneo, a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student, achieved a first for the Fort Smith advertising community by winning a national Gold ADDY in the 2010 ADDY Awards…

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Sparks ranks second on care measures

Sparks Regional Medical System is ranked second in “Appropriate Care Measures” during the fourth quarter of 2009 in Arkansas among 45 hospitals. The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) recently…

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Arvest receives top J.D. Power ranking

Arvest Bank ranked Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in the South Central Region in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study. This is the second consecutive…

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Arvest announces several promotions

Arvest Bank-Fort Smith has made the following promotions. Caroline Brewer has been promoted to branch manager for Arvest Bank at the Van Buren Cloverleaf location. Brewer has been with Arvest…

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Aikman promoted to PR post at ABF

Russ Aikman has been promoted to director of marketing and public relations for Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System. He replaces Danny Loe, who was recently named vice president of yield…

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Kent new on staff at ATU-Ozark

Brad Kent has been named the adult education coordinator at the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus. Kent has served as principal of St. Joseph’s Catholic Schools during the 2009-10 school years….

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ATU-Ozark issues nursing awards

The Practical Nursing Program at Arkansas Tech – Ozark recognized 18 graduating nursing students during the pinning ceremony on May 14. The program was held at 6:30 p.m. in the…