by - May 3, 2011 8:27 am
City officials are evaluating pay and policy issues raised by the Fraternal Order of Police, but are saying that “significant” changes may have to wait on consideration of the fiscal…
by - May 2, 2011 2:45 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe’s spokesman Matt DeCample said that federal officials have…
by - May 2, 2011 9:32 am
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, has begun the process of increasing his familiarity with Fort Smith area residents who will in 2013 transition from the 3rd Congressional District to the…
by - April 29, 2011 9:32 am
Complaints against Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins of alleged sexual harassment and retaliation are detailed in reports and grievance filings by some employees of the Circuit Clerk’s office. The…
by - April 29, 2011 9:14 am
Editor’s note: The following story is a collaborative effort among Roby Brock (Talk Business), Matt Campbell (Blue Hog Report), Michael Tilley (The City Wire), and Jason Tolbert (The Tolbert Report)….
by - April 28, 2011 7:05 pm
The U.S. Postal Service announced late Thursday (April 28) its decision to consolidate mail processing operations from Fort Smith to the Northwest Arkansas Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) in Fayetteville….
by - April 28, 2011 2:03 pm
Thursday’s (April 28) Arkansas Supreme Court ruling is likely the end of the legal road in Tom Fite’s challenge of a legal decision that tossed him off the ballot in…
by - April 28, 2011 9:23 am
A majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors support the decision of Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard to find insufficient the petitions calling for an election on enactment…
by - April 26, 2011 2:41 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and some of his staff will soon travel to North Little Rock to review an animal control program that is similar to an ordinance…
by - April 25, 2011 2:44 pm
Editor’s note: Story is updated with several additions throughout. There will be no election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith unless court action reverses Monday’s ruling by…
by - April 25, 2011 12:27 pm
A new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted April 21, 2011, reveals the views of Arkansans on many things, including the job performance of the Arkansas Legislature, implementation of health care…
by - April 22, 2011 3:01 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The newly drawn Congressional maps in Arkansas give The Arkansas Election…
by - April 22, 2011 10:07 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Of the seven Arkansas House members who failed to pass a…
by - April 21, 2011 4:07 pm
Frank Glidewell, an organizer with the petition effort to force a 1% prepared food tax to a public vote, may not have helped his cause with his testimony Wednesday (April…
by - April 21, 2011 12:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Senate President Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, had the highest success rate…
by - April 21, 2011 8:46 am
The Van Buren Public School system will receive more than $7.8 million for facilities improvements as part of $188.7 million in Arkansas school improvements approved Wednesday by the Arkansas Public…
by - April 20, 2011 3:36 pm
Frankie Hamilton has been trying since 2009 to retire as the director of the Fort Smith Convention Center. Those “trying” days will end July 1. Hamilton, 68, will end more…
by - April 20, 2011 8:41 am
Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President Paul Harvel resigned last month as a member of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission to focus more on chamber work and job recruitment….
by - April 20, 2011 7:02 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Applause from attendees of Tuesday night’s Sebastian County Quorum Court meeting was centered on Justice Lisa Sellers’ comments regarding the decision making process of the…
by - April 19, 2011 9:33 pm
Jeff Dingman, who served as the assistant Sebastian County administrator between 1993-2000, will soon return to the area as Fort Smith’s deputy city administrator. Dingman, now serving as the city…
